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Development finance implodes with rich countries shifting to military budgets

Ahead of the UN summit in Seville, delegates are preparing to battle over radical reforms to aid as western states cut funds and cooperation plans

The civic activists, businesspeople, former and serving top UN and government officials agreed on one headline at the Mo Ibrahim Foundation conference in Marrakech at the beginning of the month – ‘Official Development Assistance is over’ and its demise will trigger competing calls for radical reform. That sentiment will be echoed by many of the 10,000 activists, officials and heads of government descending on the UN Financing for Development conference in Seville on 30 June-3 July.

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