The United Kingdom is one of the biggest contributors to official development assistance. But that may change in the next few years after the country’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that it will be reducing its international development budget by 2027 from 0.5% of its gross national income to just 0.3% and shifting the money to the country’s defense budget.
In light of the cuts, Devex took a look at what the U.K. is currently funding and what it plans to fund.
The most recent cuts come despite the government vowing that it would be ramping up its ODA contributions to meet the recommended 0.7% ODA-to-GNI ratio from the current level of 0.5%.