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

EU News 156/2014

IP/14/388
Brussels, 8 April 2014

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 today 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. EU collective ODA remained at 0.43% of EU gross national income (GNI), same level as the year before.

In 2005, EU Member States pledged to increase ODA to 0.7% of EU GNI by 2015. The European Council confirmed in June 2013 that it remains a key priority for Member States to respect this commitment, in support of achieving the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Source and additional information:
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-388_en.htm?locale=en

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