The level of official development assistance (ODA) – US$146.6 billion in 2017 – from member states of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC), which includes 20 EU member states, has recorded a 0.6% fall in real terms compared with the previous year. According to preliminary data published by the OECD on Monday 9 April, this fall is due to the decrease in assistance to refugees in the donor countries at a time when aid to the least developed countries has increased by 4% in...