04-02-2020, 18:00
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laeva recumbens anguis
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Re: Overseas aid
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Originally Posted by Kursk
I thought Boris ordered a review sometime last month? I don’t think it was intended to reduce the amount but to re-evaluate its distribution but who knows where a review might lead?
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...id-budget.html
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Boris Johnson has ordered a review into how the UK spends its £14.6billion overseas aid budget – with an overhaul expected within months.
The Prime Minister wants to ensure handouts are closely aligned to the country's foreign policy objectives.
Options being considered include whether more research undertaken by British universities could qualify.
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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/n...-too-7zdph0t6n
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Boris Johnson is set to rewrite aid rules so funding can be spent on initiatives that benefit Britain as well as the developing world, The Times has learnt.
The move would allow ministers to channel part of the overseas development assistance (ODA) budget, which is ring-fenced at 0.7 per cent of gross national income, towards projects such as clean energy research.
Officials have been told to redraft legislation that currently obliges the Department for International Development (Dfid) to focus all aid expenditure on “poverty reduction”.
New criteria are expected to be adopted that more closely align with the broader internationally accepted OECD definition of ODA, which encompasses all expenditure that promotes the “economic development and welfare of developing countries as its main objective”. No 10 remains committed to retaining the aid budget at its current level, but believes it can be distributed more strategically and deliver advantage to the UK, it is understood.
A Whitehall source said the plan was for aid to “develop a clear link with foreign policy and strengthen ‘Global Britain’ [the government’s vision to boost the UK’s influence around the world]”, adding that initiatives like “clean energy research benefit developing countries, but also our own”.
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Hope this helps...
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