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Aid is often given for all the wrong reasons: but Trump’s aid cuts won’t solve the problem.

February 13, 2025
If you want to be rid of aid that advances US interests, don’t celebrate now: that aid isn’t going anywhere, says Terence Wood.
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Money, ministries and meh: how might the election change UK development policy?

June 27, 2024
Will DFID be reborn? When will the UK restore the commitment to spend 0.7% of national income on aid? Andy Sumner of King’s College London casts an eye over the manifestos of the main parties…
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The Paradox of Britain’s role in Yemen’s unfolding disaster. Guest post by Mark Goldring

September 11, 2015
While all eyes are on Syria, a humanitarian disaster is fast unfolding in Yemen, and the UK government’s role is ambiguous. Here Mark Goldring, Chief Executive of Oxfam GB, explains why it is challenging the government on the ‘paradox’ of the UK’s approach and introduces a new report, released today. Twenty one million people in Yemen are in urgent need of
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