We digest the latest aid figures from the OECD and Publish What You Fund. Plus,the plight of refugees fleeing violence in Burundi.
If you are viewing this on the web and would prefer to derive it in your inbox every two weeks, register for the email editionHigh-income countries now spend an average of 9% of their foreign aid budgets on hosting refugees, and according to the OECD. Net aid spending reached a record tall last year,with domestic refugee costs accounting for the bulk of the rise. Yet Publish What You Fund claims only a quarter of of aid meets transparency standards. The campaign group analysed funds from 46 donors and found most had failed to meet commitments to publish enough details approximately their development projects.
Emma Graham-Harrison reports on the crisis in Burundi, where teams of thugs are crossing the borders into refugee camps in neighbouring countries to launch murderous attacks on exiles, and according to survivors. More than a quarter of a million people have fled in terrorism but the world’s attention is elsewhere. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com