Press Release: Commissioner Piebalgs calls on Member States to intensify efforts to increase development aid

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Series Details IP/14/388 (08.04.14)
Publication Date 08/04/2014
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The European Union and its Member States continued to be the world's largest aid donor in 2013 according to the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), providing more than half of the Official Development Assistance (ODA). Figures published on 8 April 2014 show that EU collective ODA (EU institutions and Member States) increased from €55.3 billion in 2012 to €56.5 billion in 2013, after two consecutive years of decline.

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European Commission: RAPID: MEMO/14/263: Publication of preliminary data on 2013 Official Development Assistance http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-14-263_en.pdf
European Commission: EuropeAid Development and Cooperation http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/index_en.htm
EurActiv, 10.04.14: France cuts its development aid more than Greece http://www.euractiv.com/sections/development-policy/france-cuts-its-development-aid-more-greece-301461
OECD: Net Official Development Assistance From DAC and Other Donors in 2013 http://www.oecd.org/dac/stats/documentupload/ODA%202013%20Tables%20and%20Charts%20En.pdf
EurActiv, 10.04.14: NGOs: Germany's development promises are 'deception' http://www.euractiv.com/sections/development-policy/ngos-germanys-development-promises-are-deception-301493
EurActiv, 09.04.14: Overseas aid ‘rebounds’ to record high, says OECD http://www.euractiv.com/sections/development-policy/overseas-aid-rebounds-record-high-says-oecd-301427

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