CANBERRA/BRUSSELS — Aid spending from 30 of the world’s top donors increased 1.4% to $152.8 billion last year, according to preliminary figures released Thursday, as the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development called for donors to maintain spending in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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“Everybody wants to know what is going to happen to ODA levels in 2020 and beyond, and I must be very, very honest with you, the answer is: We simply do not know,” Susanna Moorehead, chair of OECD’s Development Assistance Committee, told reporters and civil society representatives on a call Thursday.