DAC chair questions 0.7% aid goal

The American diplomat and academic Brian Atwood, who completes his term as Chair of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) at the end of this year, is a purist when it comes to aid. In an interview with Development Today he suggests that the 0.7% of GNI aid target may have outlived its usefulness. Instead, to cut through the reigning confusion, he proposes three categories of aid.