Rich nations urged to give more aid

Development aid from the world's biggest donors fell again last year largely due to the end of big debt relief packages, the OECD said on Friday, urging rich countries to live up to their commitments to give more.

The 22 member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development gave $103.7 billion in development aid in 2007.

That represented a fall of 8.4 percent from 2006 in real terms, taking into account the fall of the dollar and inflation.