A number of EU member states - some of them among the richest in the world - have been strongly criticised by development agencies for being tight-fisted.
A report published on Monday (14 February) by leading development NGOs, OXFAM, Eurodad and Action Aid, say that EU countries are not doing enough to meet a United Nations target to reduce poverty by 2015.
A commitment agreed by rich donor countries in 1970 to spend 0.7 percent of gross national income (GNI) on aid has been met b...
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