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International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill (Money)

My hon. Friend is absolutely right about that. The report published on 31 October says:

DFID has not…developed an approach equal to the challenge, nor has it focussed its efforts sufficiently on the poor. While some programmes show limited achievements, there is little evidence of impact on corruption levels or in meeting the particular needs of the poor.”

Surely that is what all of us are interested in, rather than just throwing money at the matter. I will bring my remarks to a close, but I caution against rushing this through before we tackle the fact that we are not delivering money to the poor.

8.40 pm

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
587 c622 
Session
2014-15
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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