Maintaining aid commitments in a global crisis

Official Development Assistance (ODA) is rising, but only slowly. In 2007, the DAC members’ total net ODA was USD 103.5 billion, representing a real increase of 2% over 2006. This iswell below the rate of growth needed to meet the commitments made by DAC donor countries.

Publications series: Better Aid

This series concentrates on the effort by both donor and recipient countries of realising their Paris Declaration commitments.

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• DAC Guidelines and Reference Series
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Aid for Trade: Making an impact

Donors should honour their aid for trade pledges to developing countries despite the economic crisis, said OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría as he opened the OECD Policy Dialogue on Aid for Trade, held in Paris on 3 November 2008.

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• OECD work on Aid for Trade

Is it Official Development Assistance (ODA)?

This note helps donors to decide whether a particular expenditure qualifies as official development assistance (ODA). It supplements the DAC Statistical Reporting Directives.

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• DAC Statistical Reporting Directives

Resúmenes temáticos acerca de la igualdad de género y la cooperatiòn por el desarollo

Los resúmenes temáticos de la red GENDERNET exploran la igualdad de género, el empoderamiento de las mujeres y la cooperatiòn por el desarollo.

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• Synthèses sur l’égalité hommes-femmes et la coopération pour le développement
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Norway - DAC Peer Review of Development Co-operation

Norway committed USD 3.7 billion to development assistance in 2007, a substantial increase over the previous year. It now gives the world’s highest level of official development assistance as a percentage of gross national income (0.95%).

Una Guía Prática para el Análisis ex ante del Impacto en la Pobreza

UNA GUÍA PRÁCTICA PARA El ANÁLISIS EX ANTE DEL IMPACTO EN LA POBREZA

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• Promoting Pro-Poor Growth: Ex Ante Poverty Impact Assessment
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Statement by OECD Secretary-General to the WB/IMF Development Committee Meeting

In the midst of this financial crisis of global proportions, development aid budgets will be one of the areas of public spending under pressure as donor countries face up to the fiscal effort needed to restore the financial system. Despite these difficult circumstances, we must keep protecting and strengthening our development commitments, according to Mr. Gurría.

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• Written statement by OECD Secretary-General to the Development Committee meeting

Measuring Aid to Health

Statistics presented in this note relate to Official Development Assistance (ODA) for health.

Calculation of the grant element of aid loans

The grant element reflects the financial terms of a transaction: interest rate, maturity and grace period. Only loans with a grant element above 25% qualify as ODA/OA. The attached document includes the grant element formula and examples.