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Recommendation 10
10
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In the face of pandemic-related budget cuts, difficult decisions will need to be made as...
Recommendation
In the face of pandemic-related budget cuts, difficult decisions will need to be made as to how savings can be made whilst protecting the overall effectiveness of aid spending. Given the grave challenges faced by developing countries in tackling COVID-19, disproportionately cutting long-term and locally led development programmes would hamper both present efforts to tackle the pandemic and long- term development goals. The Government should maintain a commitment to multi- year programming and grants to locally led projects in order to safeguard hard-won development gains. In its current review of ODA spending, it should prioritise life- saving projects across the global south.
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Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
The Government has committed that the remaining ODA spend for 2020 will be prioritised to focus on key strategic objectives that include: poverty reduction for the poorest and most vulnerable; responding to humanitarian crises and protecting those in the most vulnerable countries in the world; tackling climate change and reversing biodiversity loss; championing girls’ education; UK leadership in the global response to Covid-19; and protecting the UK’s science and research development base. This approach to prioritisation will help the Government to deliver our manifesto commitments and ensure that the UK is a global force for good. FCDO will continue to invest in multi-annual programmes and local leadership of programmes, as part of The Government’s commitment to delivering the Sustainable Development Goals.