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<p>Due to the impact of the pandemic on public finances, the Government took the difficult
decision temporarily to reduce the UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget
from 0.7 per cent of gross national income (GNI) to 0.5 per cent from 2021.</p><p>The
FCDO's focus has been on how best to use its revised ODA budget. FCDO Ministers have
used a range of information, including Equalities Impact Assessments and analyses
of need, to make informed spending decisions, including focusing spend on the poorest
and most vulnerable.</p><p>The Government remains committed to returning to a target
of spending 0.7% of GNI on ODA when, on a sustainable basis, the Government is not
borrowing for day-to-day spending and underlying debt is falling.</p>
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