HC Deb 08 December 1999 vol 340 c576W
9. Mrs. Ellman

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps she is taking to ensure that EU aid policies concentrate more on poverty eradication and development. [100356]

Clare Short

EC development assistance is ineffective and insufficiently focused on poverty. We are working to ensure the EC's development effort embraces international poverty eradication targets. We published a strategy at the end of last year with 18 detailed proposals for reform.

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