Aid Increase in Germany

Jul 2nd, 2008 5:13 PM UTC
By Weldon Kennedy

Great news coming from Germany today as the government agreed to increase poverty-focused development assistance by €800 Million ($1.27 billion) in the 2009 budget. This will crease the Development Ministry’s budget by more than 12% and marks the third year running that Germany has substantially increased aid.

The budget now heads to parliament for a decision in November.

-Weldon Kennedy

TAGS: German Budget, Germany

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V. H. Hammontreesays: Jul 7th, 2008 11:24 AM EST

July 7, 2008 at 11:24 am

I am glad to hear this. Do groups exist to promote the goals of ONE.ORG in Europe? People in Europe have asked me.

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