Ouagadougou: Burkina Faso has asked global technical and financial partners to increase budgetary aid and project aid to enable it to address security, humanitarian and climate crises as part of the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) , Tuesday at the Forum on Monitoring Financing for Development 2024, in New York.
Burkina Faso is asking ‘mainly for an increase in budgetary support and project aid to respond effectively to the imperatives imposed by security, humanitarian and climate shocks,’ argued the Minister Delegate in charge of Regional Cooperation, Stella Eldine Kabré/Kaboré, delivering the Declaration . from Burkina Faso to this forum.
‘My country Burkina Faso saw its aid flows received in 2022 drop by 16.0%, after continuous growth started since 2017,’ she noted.
Burkina Faso also ‘joined its voice to that of other developing countries’ to ask donors to take into account the proposals coming from developing countries and to reform development aid in order to make it more effect
ive.
‘Strengthening the effectiveness (of development aid) involves ensuring that the assistance provided to developing countries really helps them improve the living conditions of the most vulnerable populations. To achieve this, financial support must be aligned with national development priorities,’ added the Minister Delegate for International Cooperation.
Finally, Burkina Faso reiterated its confidence in international cooperation for responsible development and multilateral cooperation in that they can play a fundamental and decisive role in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the resolution of crises and conflicts.
The Sustainable Development Goals, included in the 2030 Agenda, aim to reduce extreme poverty and inequalities and respond to the consequences of climate variations by 2030, notably through international cooperation.
Source: Burkina Information Agency