Some reservations about development assistance are necessary, however. The bulk of the in cooperating with developing countries is done by the various development agencies that the industrial countries have set up. In addition, donor countries channel a substantial amount of their aid though NGOs to developing countries. What is left over differs according to the way that donor countries have chosen to manage their development assistance. Therefore, the activities of development cooperation sections of embassies are in no way the same. It can be said, however, that aid vsection of embassies have a supporting function