Aid spending pushed up by refugee crisis, OECD says
by Larry Elliott Economics editor from Economics | The Guardian on (#1AB5Q)
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says official development assistance rose nearly 7% to $131bn last year
A doubling of spending on refugees led to an increase in aid spending by the world's richest countries in 2015, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has announced.
The OECD's annual update on development assistance showed that aid budgets totalled $131.6bn (92bn) last year - a 6.9% increase on 2014.
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