Aid agencies across Europe and North America are seeing their budgets slashed. Replenishments to multilateral agencies from the International Development Association (IDA) through Gavi to the Global Fund are under threat. The countries most at risk are those most reliant on foreign assistance to fund investments in areas from infrastructure through health and education: the least developed countries where aid has traditionally accounted for more than six percent of GNI but (even before the recent cuts) that has dropped closer to four percent.
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