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  • Publication | 2021

EU BUDGET SUPPORT - Trends and results - 2021

Global Food and Nutrition Security

Budget support has played a major role in the EU’s global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing it to react quickly, coordinate with other partners and maintain a strong policy dialogue– even in times of lockdown. It has helped countries mitigate the impact of the pandemic on the poorest and most vulnerable people by implementing public health, social protection and fiscal measures. This proves that budget support is essential in times of crisis.

Budget support operations supporting safety nets in response to the covid-19

pandemic:

Bangladesh – Supporting vulnerable workers

Senegal – Providing safety nets

Paraguay – Assisting poor households

Tunisia – Promoting social inclusion

Rwanda – Improving resilience to COVID-19

Georgia – Together against COVID-19

Morocco – Building resilience amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Togo – Getting closer to people

Budget support operations with specific focus on food security and nutrition:

Laos – Improved nutrition for babies

Guatemala – Developing family agriculture

Timor-Leste – Healthier children and mother

Budget support operation with specific focus on climate change:

Bhutan – Improving local government understanding of climate change

Guyana – Improving integrated coastal zone management

Bolivia – Integrated water and natural resource management

Additionally, the EU has contributed to debt relief for the 28 poorest countries and EUR 183 million will remain in the budgets of partner countries instead of going to servicing IMF debt payment.