African countries are casting a worried eye as the West pumps aid into Ukraine, sensing a retreat in pledges to help their development and fight climate change.
Assistance for Ukraine in 2022 shot up to $16 billion, compared to less than a billion a year earlier, while that for Africa fell by eight percent to $29 billion.
Supporters of Ukraine say the help is vital for shoring up a country whose collapse would send shockwaves across Europe and beyond. Ukraine's economy contracted by almost a third last year.At a joint meeting in April of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Washington,"African countries expressed fears of a double standard on international aid," a French government source told AFP.
On Tuesday, the European Union's executive Commission proposed an additional $50 billion in assistance for embattled Kyiv. This, he said, demonstrated that"resources and mechanisms exist" that could also be used to channel money to Africa. "There's a crisis of confidence" between donors and developing countries, said Elise Dufief, a researcher at France's Institute of Sustainable Development and International Relations .
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