New Times,
New Thinking.

  1. Politics
16 October 2018updated 08 Sep 2021 2:11pm

How Brexit is already hurting some of the poorest people in the world

International development programmes promoting water security and helping refugees in Uganda have been hit by the fall in the value of the pound.

By Joe Sandler Clarke

Aid projects designed to help some of the poorest people in the world and mitigate climate change have been harmed by the dramatic fall in the value of the pound since the Brexit referendum.

Programmes aimed at alleviating poverty in the Congo Basin region and supporting refugees in Uganda have both had to be scaled back, according to UK government documents.

Subscribe to The New Statesman today from only £8.99 per month
Content from our partners
More than a landlord: A future of opportunity
Towards an NHS fit for the future
How drones can revolutionise UK public services