'At least half of aid should go to world’s poorest'

As the G7 Summit concluded, leaders agreed to work for an end to extreme poverty and hunger by 2030. Governments from the world's richest countries agreed to reverse the decline in aid to the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and to reconfirm existing commitments such as the EU allocating 0.7% of national income to aid.

They also signed up to initiatives to empower girls and women, reduce the number of people living in hunger and malnutrition by 500 million, and learn the lessons from the Ebola crisis in order to respond faster to disease epidemics.

Speaking on the outcome, Tamira Gunzburg, Brussels Director of ONE, said: “It is a good step that G7 members have affirmed the 0.7% aid target and acknowledged that the least developed countries need more support. But that is not enough. At least half of aid should go to the world’s poorest.”

“Next month, all world leaders including G7 members will come together in Addis Ababa to decide on how to finance the fight against extreme poverty. There, too, we expect the EU to lead on a new way of doing business by putting the poorest and most vulnerable first.”

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