Since then, British aid has been flowing at the rate of about $3 million a year.

But American aid still flowed, reaching $27 million in 1995.

That said, Western aid must flow far faster than it has.

American economic aid is still flowing at the rate of about $10 million a year, four times more than before the invasion.

American officials are saying that aid for alternative development would flow only to areas where the Government has established control.

As for the charge that international aid has flowed too slowly, the issue is complex.

But in the future, he said, the aid will flow "more enthusiastically" to those countries that take steps toward democracy.

Today's parade was the first sign that additional aid may be flowing to the rebels.

Instead, the aid would flow through the monetary fund and the World Bank.

Nor has the amount of need-based aid flowing to low- and middle-income students.