This is another bad news for Italian ODA quantity.
The Budget session has officially started, and the 2011 budget proposal from the Governemnt is a further cut to the ODA that is can be still cut ( that is not linked to EC and EDF disbursements). This is mainly the ODA managed by the MFA. In one year, it is to l face a 45% reduction (-140 million euro) to reach the minimal level of 179 million euro. This follows the 56% reduction in 2009. ODA appropriations managed by the MFA is at an historical minimal level. It was not so low even when Italy had to face heavy expenditures reduction to enter the Euro zone in 1996. Italian NGOs are able to channel by far more funds for international development via their private fundraising than the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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