Friday, February 11, 2011

Oxfam warns against trend in using aid for political & military purposes


Relief agency calls on donors to allocate life-saving aid based on need not on short-term political or military gains

Donor governments are now spending proportionately more aid on countries they consider politically and militarily important while overlooking equally severe needs in crises elsewhere, said international agency Oxfam today in a report.

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