#UKaid spending: slashed budgets, #unethical compromises

#RishiSunak’s government is cutting the cash it gives to the world’s poorest, and now it admits that the results are devastating
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/02/the-guardian-view-on-uk-aid-spending-slashed-budgets-unethical-compromises
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryInhumanity

#UKaid budget cuts are ‘death sentence’ for world’s most vulnerable children

#SaveTheChildren and #Oxfam urge government to restore #AidBudget back to 0.7% of national income
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/02/uk-aid-budget-cuts-are-death-sentence-for-worlds-most-vulnerable-children #ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryInhumanity

#WomensHealth at risk from #UKaid cuts, #ForeignOffice warned

Thousands more women will be forced into unsafe #abortions and die in #pregnancy and #childbirth, ministers told
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/aug/02/womens-health-at-risk-from-uk-aid-cuts-foreign-office-warned #ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryInhumanity

What work is BASIC Research doing in Ethiopia?

One project assesses how PSNP delivery systems relate to wider responses to conflict, displacement and return
The second project examines the role of social assistance in supporting livelihoods and climate resilience.

The research is carried out by a team from Dadimos Consultants, Laterite, the Institute of Development Studies, and other Ethiopian researchers.

Read more in the two-pager below. https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/17748

Supported by #UKAid.