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UK's £50 million pledge to Africa and other foreign aid spending

What Britain's foreign aid budget is really spent on
Bilateral aid
Pakistan the biggest recipient
Syria benefits
Ethiopia gain
4% of funds go to the Americas
The Syrian refugee crisis
India saw the largest fall in UK aid
Third of bilateral spend not country specific
Multilateral aid
The European Commission development structures
International Monetary Fund - Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust
The African Development Fund
Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization
The Green Climate Fund
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
The International Finance Facility for Immunisation
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
The Central Emergency Response Fund
The United Nations Development Programme
The Private Infrastructure Development Group
The Global Environment Facility - Special Climate Change Fund
The United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations
The Clean Technology Fund
The Asian Development Fund
The United Nations Children’s Fund
The World Food Programme
The United Nations Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
The British Council
The Commonwealth Foundation
Future commitments to eliminate FGM
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United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations

What Britain's foreign aid budget is really spent on

In November 2018, the British government announced its plan to give £50 million in aid money to help stop female genital mutilation (FGM) in Africa. Government legislation stipulates that the UK must spend 0.7% of gross national income on overseas development assistance (ODA) or foreign aid as it's commonly known. While the whole figure for 2018 is yet to be released, in 2017 £13.9 billion was spent on foreign aid, a 4.2% increase from 2016. But where exactly does all this money go? We find out...

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Anna Tobin

23 November 2018

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