franenork of the substantial New Progranm€ of Aceion' the United Nations Conference on the Leas! Developed Countries recognized that action by the Ieast developed countries at the national level, including vigoroua neasures for the mobirization of dotneslic resources. should be conplem€nted by lnternational measures of support through both a substantlal increase in financial resource transfers and policies and programnes affecting the rFdal ities of assistance. 1. Volume of aid 55. The Programme envisaged that if all donors t'ere to proside levels of neb officlal developtnent assiatance consistent wlth one or other of targets set out in paragraph 63 of che Programe, the level of such assistance to least developed counEries would double by 1985 conpared with the annual levet of transfers to then during the period 19?6-1980. on the basi6 of the data available up to 1984, it is anEicipated that the actual leeel of assistance wiII fall substantially short of bhis amount in 1985. Nevertheless, a significant nunber of the donors who accepteal one of the targets ln 1981' either to provide aid equivalent to 0.15 per cent of their gross national product or to double the level of thetr assistance, haee net or cor0e close to achieving then. 2. l,lulti lateral programnes 57. Tbe anount of mu!-tilateral aicl (including flcrus fron nultilaleral agencies financed by nembers of the Organlzation of the Petroleun Exporting Countries) provided to least developed countries annually was 47 per cent higher in the period 1981-1983 than in 1976-1980. However, rnany countrres expressed serious concern about the reduced level of funding for several the Trade , part tno' Paras.A/40/959/Add.Lo Eng l ish page 21. inportant multiLateral developnent agencies, in particular the fnternational Development Association.
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing international development aid, specifically the level of assistance provided to least developed countries. The language used is technical and focused on economic development, financial resources, and international cooperation. The text also mentions specific agencies and organizations involved in development aid, such as the International Development Association.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade