EU development aid must take social inequalities into account, say MEPs

EU development aid must take social inequalities into account, say MEPs

The development committee says countries cannot be selected for bilateral development aid on the basis of per-capita income alone, as the Commission proposes in its plans to revamp EU development aid from 2014. Calling for a broader approach, it points to huge poverty and inequality challenges in "upper middle-income countries", which would lose EU bilateral aid under the Commission's plans. (...)