article_snippet: In a highly critical report, the Commons international development committee says ministers wrote out huge cheques to a series of major aid agencies like World Bank as ministers scrambled to meet David Cameron’s controversial target to spend billions more on aid.
article_snippet: aid’ money warns that ministers have become ‘increasingly reliant’ on multilateral organisations like World Bank as ministers try to get billions more pounds of aid money out of the door.
article_snippet: This type of spending was increased by 43 per cent over the previous year as The Department for International Development (Dfid) rushed to hit David Cameron’s target of spending 0.7 per cent of Britain’s income on aid.
article_snippet: David Cameron’s has a target of spending 0.7% of Britain's income on aid .
article_snippet: The Department for International Development (Dfid) gave £6.3 billion to so-called multilateral aid agencies in 2013 – roughly 63 per cent of The Department for International Development (Dfid) budget.
article_snippet: Today’s report says MPs are ‘concerned by Dfid’s extensive use of multilateral organisations to achieve this growth (in spending).
article_snippet: We fund multilaterals when they are the best partners to work with We to deliver We objectives, whether that be in a humanitarian crisis, natural disaster or on a specific topic such as migration and refugees.
highlights_snippet: Ministers increasingly reliant on organisations like World Bank .
  