Press Release: Development Aid: Karel De Gucht calls on all EU Member States to ‘work together’ to ensure billions of euros in aid doesn’t get wasted

On 17 Novembber 2009 the European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, Karel De Gucht, called upon EU Member States to work better together to ensure that more than 3 billion euros of aid can avoid being wasted every year. A European approach to development aid could bring massive 'savings', he warned, through more effective management of aid policy, actions and projects – savings which must then be reinvested in better development.

European Commission: SPEECH/09/540: Aid effectiveness http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/09/540&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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