ON DEVELOPMENT | The EU increases international aid by 60%

March 12, 2021

At a time of skyrocketing humanitarian needs, while other governments are slashing aid budgets, the European Union has just increased its by 60 percent, making it the biggest humanitarian donor in the world.

A new outlook for EU aid: addressing root causes, stepping up on climate change, and championing international humanitarian law.

Source: The New Humanitarian, Jessica Alexander, 3/11/21, A Q&A with the world’s biggest aid donor

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