Development Policy Centre Policy Brief No. 4
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.