Pls note the 2010 @ChathamHouse report 'Our Common Strategic Interests: Africa's Role in the Post-G8 World'
"Without this (dfid) shift, many of Africa's traditional partners... will lose global influence and trade advantages to the emerging powers in Asia" https://www.chathamhouse.org/publications/papers/view/109353 …
Merging DFID into the FCO risks squandering and vandalizing a national asset, says @JohnCassonUK
In the short-term, the main impact will be to dent our international reputation. But longer term, there is a strong chance we will get the worst of both.
Read John's analysis:
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