debt and debt relief in the developing world
By Ian Dunt The UK has stopped rising up the European league table of humanitarian aid. It now stands behind Luxemburg, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Ireland, Belgium and Finland, spending 0.41 per cent of national income on overseas aid. Italy came bottom of the table, spending just 0.16 per cent of its national income. The… Read more »
Charity Oxfam is calling on chancellor Alistair Darling to take a leading role in tackling poverty at this weekend’s meeting of G8 finance ministers. It says the richest countries are falling behind the commitments laid out in the millennium development goals and that the global economic slowdown may negatively effect the aid received by the… Read more »
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