The government has given details of its plans to cut foreign aid, in which the biggest cuts for children’s education and women in Africa are facing the biggest cuts.
The government said that in February it will increase foreign aid expenses by 40% – from 0.5% to 0.3% of GDP – to increase the defense spending by 2.5% after the pressure of the US.
A Foreign Office report and impact assessment shows that the biggest cuts this year will come in Africa, with the risks spent on women’s health and water hygiene, with the disease and death.
A UK network bond of aid organizations said that women and children will pay the highest price among the most marginalized communities.
Also low support for Africa, including large cuts in children’s education, will fall to 21% despite the vice versa for the occupied Palestinian areas.
But the government said that spending on multilateral support bodies – the money given to international organizations like World Bank will be preserved with the coalition, and said that UK will play a major human role in hotspots such as Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan.
Development Minister Baronic Chapman said: “Every pound with the help of taxpayers of UK and people around the world is working hard and these figures show how we are starting to do through a clear focus and priorities.”
The government said that the deduction follows the “a line-by-line strategic review” by the minister, which focuses on “priority, efficiency, employed human support and live contracts, ensuring the exit responsible from programming, where necessary.
The Foreign Office stated that bilateral support – recipients help directly into the country – will be reduced to some countries and multilateral organizations will have to face funding cuts in future. It is not yet announced which countries will be affected.
Bond said it was clear that the government was doing “funding” for education, gender and countries, which was experiencing humanitarian crises such as South Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia, and surprisingly occupied Palestinian sector and Sudan, which the government said would be protected “.
Bond Policy Director Gidon Rabinovitz said, “It is related that bilateral funds will fall for Africa, gender, education and health programs.”
“The world’s most marginalized communities, especially struggle and experience of women and girls, will pay the highest price for these political options.
“At a time when the US has completed all gender programming, the UK should move forward, not back.”
Foreign aid has come under intensive investigation in recent years with a cabinet minister. Accepting the public no longer supports spending on it,
An organization that survived the cuts was the World Bank. The Foreign Office confirmed that the International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank fund for the world’s lowest -income countries, would get a £ 1.98BN in funding from the UK in the next three years, which will benefit the organization 1.9 billion people.
Labor governments under Sir Tony Blair and Gordon Brown committed to increase foreign aid budget to 0.7% national income.
Before the law was vested in 2015, the target was reached in 2013 under David Cameron’s Orthodox-Oddist Democrat coalition government.
However, assisting up to 0.5% of national income was cut in 2021 under conservators, blaming Kovid’s economic pressures.
