Understanding British Aid to Africa: A Historical Perspective*
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The volume of direct British aid to Africa is constrained by the substantial level of its contributions to multilateral programmes (including those of the EU). The multilateral agencies, of course, also provide large volumes of aid to Sub-Saharan Africa, of which the UK finances its share, but the following discussion is restricted to the bilateral element in British aid to Africa. The share of the multilateral element in the UK total rose strongly in the later-1970s and
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