With $153 billion (USD) in 2018, official development assistance (ODA) to the 30 members of the OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC) - including 20 EU Member States - fell by 2.7% compared to 2017 and the poorest countries are paying the price, according to preliminary data published by the OECD on Wednesday, 10 April.
These figures are, for the first time, calculated on the basis of the new "grant-equivalent" method, which more accurately records donor effort in the form of...