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The [UK] government’s internal watchdog will keep track of all aid spending, but coordination across ministries is crucial to achieving larger aid and development goals set by the government. And working in countries that are the least-developed and/or experience conflict holds the potential for significant impact and failure.
“These are riskier environments in which it is harder, and more expensive, to achieve results,” blogged Owen Barder, head of the Center for Global Development Europe, a think tank. “The strategy missed an opportunity to warn readers of the costs and risks, as well as the benefits, of focusing more of our aid effort on those countries. Furthermore, the government should be wary of swinging the pendulum too far in response to the latest crisis, which is dealing with refugees and asylum seekers.”
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