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The OECD is 'incapable' of holding wealthy donor countries to account on their aid promises, according to the European Network on Debt and Development (Photo: oecd.org)

NGOs push for UN to take control of aid policy after huge EU and US cuts

Amid deep cuts to development aid budgets in Europe and the United States, NGOs are pushing for the United Nations to take over responsibility for aid policy from the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) ahead of a major summit in Sevilla.

The OECD’s announcement in April that development aid spend...

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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

The OECD is 'incapable' of holding wealthy donor countries to account on their aid promises, according to the European Network on Debt and Development (Photo: oecd.org)

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Author Bio

Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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