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- <text id=93TT1541>
- <title>
- Apr. 26, 1993: Where Does The Money Go?
- </title>
- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
- Apr. 26, 1993 The Truth about Dinosaurs
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- THE WEEK, Page 9
- WORLD
- Where Does The Money Go?
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p> Since the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- was set up in London to funnel money to Eastern Europe, the
- agency has spent nearly twice as much on salaries, perks and
- furnishings ($312 million) as on aid ($156 million).
- Disbursements include:
- </p>
- <p>-- Private jets for bank president Jacques Attali
- ($930,000)
- </p>
- <p>-- Marble panels lining the agency's lobby ($1.2 million)
- </p>
- <p>-- Art intended to reflect Europe's "cultural diversity"
- ($388,000)
- </p>
- <p>-- Staff Christmas party ($78,000)
- </p>
-
- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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