Showing posts with label Africa. Show all posts
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Friday, 12 November 2010

Aid is not charity, should “benefit the giver”, Piebalgs- EU Commissioner for Development

Updated 12 November 2010
11 Nov 2010, Tallinn (Riaz K. Tayob & Aleksandrs Cepilovs*) - EU Development Commissioner Andris Piebalgs said that EU aid was regulated by the Lisbon Treaty, and that it was not charity. Later he also explained what was meant by reports that EU development aid “should benefit the giver” and also provided an example of what he meant by “value for money”.