American officials were closely involved in drawing up this plan.

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But a lot of consultants' time has gone into drawing up this plan, which will in effect, push money and effort less where its wanted and more where its needed.

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"We're drawing up a recovery plan and that will go to Monitor, " said Mr Mellor.

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But it was only in 2006 that work began on drawing up a comprehensive plan for health-care reform.

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She says she's in the process of selling her water business and drawing up a business plan for Checkerboard.

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Six government-appointed action committees are drawing up a national plan for reforming the NHS, due to be published in July.

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The World Trade Organisation has been drawing up a draft plan to let developing countries override patent laws and import cheap generic drugs.

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Australia, which ministers visited when drawing up the British plan, also faced a less dire economic outlook when it began serious reforms in 2004.

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So drawing up a detailed plan about how exactly we are going to get to where we want to be three years from now is a waste of effort.

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Ed Balls, the National Institute for Economic and Social Research and some others think the weak state of the economy is partly Mr Osborne's fault, or at least something he ought to have taken more account of in drawing up his original plan.

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