They say funding dropped from about nine hundred thirty million dollars in two thousand seven to eight hundred seventy million last year.

VOA: special.2009.07.29

"Ashoka then provides those teams of young people with advisors, monetary seed funding, as well as non-monetary support to transform their idea into action."

VOA: special.2011.03.02

Director-General Margaret Chan says the agency is "overextended" and faces "serious funding shortfalls."

VOA: special.2011.01.19

But Warren says the good news comes at a time when researchers are facing a big obstacle - limited funding.

VOA: standard.2010.07.15

The World Health Organization is calling for the recruitment, training and funding of at least 330-thousand new midwives in these regions.

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

(VOICE) Kane says $30 million in new funding announced at the conference in Mauritania will help national fistula programs across Africa.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

"No matter the number of attorneys there is no way we can completely fill the funding gap with just volunteer attorneys.

VOA: standard.2009.05.22

This can make it difficult to find funding. Many entrepreneurs have to deal with a lot of initial rejection.

VOA: standard.2010.01.31

Overall,Barroso said, the EU has decided to boost its humanitarian emergency funding to Pakistan more than tenfold, to about $100 million.

VOA: standard.2009.06.17

Activists like Sharon Ekambaram, a spokesperson for Doctors Without Borders, say if the U.S.cuts funding, other countries will do the same.

VOA: standard.2010.07.17

The United Nations World Food Program says Chad could be the first country to fall victim to this funding crisis.

VOA: standard.2009.08.02

And the U.S.Congress should approve more funding to Mexico for training, equipment and other initiatives to fight the drug trade.

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

Gates said he would like to see more Asian support for funding Afghanistan's security and building the country's institutions.

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

But he did not have to do that, as the Senate voted down the funding 58 to 40.

VOA: standard.2009.07.21

A new report warns that promising developments in HIV prevention could be undermined by funding gaps and a lack of political will.

VOA: standard.2010.07.15

The House of Representatives also dropped funding for Guantanamo's closure in its version of the war funding legislation, which passed last week.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

"If the drugs ended tomorrow, it would not have a major effect on the Taliban source of funding,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.15

Despite the cuts, President Obama's proposed budget increases NASA's funding by $6 billion over the next five years.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

The Postal Service also wants to shut down some post offices and cut back on funding health care for retired mail carriers.

VOA: standard.2010.04.13

Senator Dick Durbin is an Illinois Democrat: "There will not be any Guantanamo funding in this bill,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

Holbrooke says the long-held notion that Afghanistan's illicit opium trade is the main source of funding for the insurgency is simply not true.

VOA: standard.2009.06.15

Along with protecting local Afghans and reducing violence are new efforts to cut off the funding of the Taliban and other Afghan insurgents.

VOA: standard.2009.06.15

He said the U.N.'s own security will need to be increased during this transition period, which will require adequate funding from member states.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

Many governments provide funding for their Olympic teams, but the private U.S.Olympic Committee depends on other sources.

VOA: standard.2010.02.21