Kuala Lampur, April 18 --  

TOKYO, April 18 - Global official development assistance fell 23.1 per cent in 2025 from a year ago, the OECD said, marking its largest annual contraction on record as the United States (US) administration of President Donald Trump pushes for deep cuts in international aid.

Kyodo News Agency reported that preliminary data by the 38-member Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, released in early April, showed that the total amount of foreign aid by 33 major donors came to US$165.5 billion last year in real terms, a decline for the second straight year.

The five largest aid providers by volume-Germany, the US, Britain, Japan and France-accounted for over 95 per cent of the total fall in a...