Brussels, 14/04/2010 (Agence Europe) - Aid figures from the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) for 2009 show that the Official Development Assistance (ODA) from rich countries of US$ 119.6 billion increased by 0.7% in 2009 compared with the previous year and represents 0.31% of the GNI of member countries, despite the financial crisis.
If the cancellation of some countries' debt (Iraq and Nigeria) is left aside, the rise was 6.8%. This good news was welcomed by OECD Secretary...