Aid and Development

ECHO - European Commission Humanitarian Aid Office, in collaboration with UNICEF in Burundi, Africa (Photo: European Commission)

Aid and Development

The EU and its member states are the world’s largest contributors to poor countries, the EU's individual contribution ranking fifth among donors at 9.7 billion Euro in 2001. Relative to its size ,the EU contributes four times more for such purposes than does the USA.  

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See also  Cotonou, Development, EDF.

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