2/25/2009

2008 Italian geographical aid commitments


According to ActionAid estimates on Italian aid commitments on different regions, sub-saharn Africa is ( 30%) followed by Asia (24%), Middle East (22%), America (11%), Eastern Europe (9%) and North Africa (4%). Only 50% of total committed aid has a geographical allocation. It is important to note that North Africa, Middle East and Easter Europe count as one single Region (Mediterranean ) for the Italian development cooperation . Therefore accounted for 35% of the Italian commitments. From 2009, according to the new multi-year strategy, Sub-saharan Africa should receive 50% of commitments while the Mediterranean region only 25%. A signficant re-shift within just one year.

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