Development aid from the world’s richest countries exceeded $100bn for the first time in 2005 but the 31 per cent increase was exaggerated by debt relief, principally for Iraq and Nigeria, and help for tsunami sufferers in Asia.
By Scheherazade Daneshkhu in London
Published: April 4 2006 18:33 | Last updated: April 4 2006 18:33
Development aid from the world’s richest countries exceeded $100bn for the first time in 2005 but the 31 per cent increase was exaggerated by debt relief, principally for Iraq and Nigeria, and help for tsunami sufferers in Asia.
