British Lords blast Commission over water aid to Africa

A UK House of Lords committee has sent a scathing letter to the European Commission in August 2013, accusing it of 'culpable waste' in its water and sanitation projects in sub-Saharan Africa.

The letter from Lord Boswell, chairman of the House of Lords EU select committee, drew on a report from the European Court of Auditors (ECA) that found serious flaws in the delivery of EU aid to this sector: fewer than half of the projects met beneficiaries' needs and most of the projects were not sustainable in the medium or long term.

• Primary Source

United Kingdom: House of Lords: Select Committee on the European Union, 27.06.13: Lords question European finance watchdogs on EU water aid to Africa http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/lords-select/eu---foreign-affairs-defence-and-development-policy-sub-committee-c/news/eu-wash-2nd-evidence-session/

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