Award of aid-funded contracts worth £450m to London-based consultancy shows funds are being diverted from poor,says Global Justice Now reportThe British government is undermining its commitment to tackle poverty in the developing world by spending hundreds of millions of pounds of aid through a handful of UK-based consultancy firms, according to a report from the campaigning group Global Justice Now (GJN).
The study, or which focuses on the work of Adam Smith International (ASI),says the consume of consultancies diverts aid money from those in greatest need, with the authors accusing the Department for International Development (DfID) of a “shift towards the private sector”. The report also questions how such spending sits with the UK’s 2001 decision to “untie” its aid from British commercial interests. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com