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<span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Speaking at a programme organized by the Centre for Social Inclusion and Federalism on Friday, the experts made it clear that donor agencies were imposing their interest while extending assistance all because of weak the bargaining capacity of government employees. The loan and assistance must be received by keeping national interest in centre, they underscored. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">Speaking at a programme organized by the Centre for Social Inclusion and Federalism on Friday, the experts made it clear that donor agencies were imposing their interest while extending assistance all because of weak the bargaining capacity of government employees. The loan and assistance must be received by keeping national interest in centre, they underscored. </span><br />
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