PB4 End of the aid boom? The impact of austerity on aid budgets

Development Policy Centre Policy Brief No. 4

By Kathryn Zealand and Stephen Howes

May 2012

With slower than expected recovery to the Global Financial Crisis, continued uncertainty in the Eurozone and austerity programs being pursued by many governments, foreign aid budgets are coming under increasing pressure. This brief brings together the latest information on the aid budgets of the world’s largest donors.

Zealand, K. & Howes, S. 2012, ‘End of the aid boom? The impact of austerity on aid budgets’, Policy Brief No. 4, Development Policy Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, Canberra.

Karen Downing

Karen Downing is Research Communications Coordinator at the Development Policy Centre.