For years, aid groups in the United Kingdom have been lobbying the government to fulfill its promise to legislate spending 0.7 percent of gross national income on development assistance, a target Britain finally reached in 2013.
The long wait may soon be over.
On Monday, the private member’s bill is expected to pass its third and final reading in the House of Lords. Sources monitoring the bill’s progress in Parliament told Devex the bill “is very likely to pass,” adding that “obviously something could derail it but that seems less likely now.”
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Jenny Lei Ravelo@JennyLeiRavelo
Jenny Lei Ravelo is a Devex Senior Reporter based in Manila. She covers global health, with a particular focus on the World Health Organization, and other development and humanitarian aid trends in Asia Pacific. Prior to Devex, she wrote for ABS-CBN, one of the largest broadcasting networks in the Philippines, and was a copy editor for various international scientific journals. She received her journalism degree from the University of Santo Tomas.
