Or a third country - Japan and Israel have both been suggested - could finance the road as a favour to the US.

And economists wonder how long countries like Japan and China will finance the United States trade deficit.

Foreign countries have financed those deficits by acquiring claims on us such as Government securities, bank deposits and ownership of factories in this country.

European countries would finance their own rescue plans and tailor them to local conditions.

"This country cannot finance good school systems on property taxes," he said.

Interested countries had financed Foxx and his Team right from the beginning, with shipments of gold.

Finance - how countries will finance adaptation to and mitigation of climate change, whether from public or private sources.

This allows such countries to finance economic development policies which they would otherwise be unable to fund.

Mr. Clinton has said the aid will "enable the world's poorest and most heavily indebted countries to finance health, education and opportunity programs."

We also call for an international conference to involve key countries and secure resources to finance Iraq's reconstruction.