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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9669

28 May 2008
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/development
Council reaffirms EU commitment to boost aid and encourage member states to adopt multi-annual indicative timetables

Brussels, 27/05/2008 (Agence Europe) - The largest ever fall in the level of European official development aid (ODA), down to 0.38% of GDP in 2007 (after an excellent year in 2006) came under scrutiny in Brussels on 27 May at a meeting of Development Ministers largely devoted to the EU's role as a global development partner in the realisation of the Millennium Development Gaols (MDGs). While the Council expressed its concern at delays in sub-Saharan Africa, it remains confident that the...

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