The world's major donors of development aid are considering a proposal to include some security and defence spending in their formal definition of aid.
In recent months, the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) has held heated debates on what should count as development aid.
The committee's definition of official development assistance (ODA) – also used by the EU, UN and the World Bank – could be altered at the DAC high-level meeting on Thursday and Friday in Paris.
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