2013 Global Forum on Development

2013 Global Forum on Development: Innovative approaches to poverty reduction, social cohesion and progress in the post 2015 world

Aid to poor countries slips further as governments tighten budgets

Development aid fell by 4% in real terms in 2012, following a 2% fall in 2011. The continuing financial crisis and euro zone turmoil has led several governments to tighten their budgets, which has had a direct impact on aid to poor countries. There is also a noticeable shift in aid away from the poorest countries and towards middle-income countries. A moderate recovery in aid levels is expected in 2013.

Development Effectiveness Review of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) 2006 - 2010 (donor neutral version)

The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) has completed its Development Effectiveness Review of the Asian Development Bank.

Iceland - the Development Assistance Committee's 25th Member

Iceland's legal and policy framework bring together all of Iceland's development co-operation - bilateral, multilateral and humanitarian and is backed up by a strategy that has been adopted by the Parliament.

Aid in Support of Women's Economic Empowerment - Chapter 2

Economic empowerment aims to raise the capacity of women and men to participate in, contribute to and benefit from growth processes in ways which recognize the value of their contributions, respect their dignity and make it possible to negotiate a fairer distribution of the benefits of growth.

Also Available

• Aid in Support of Gender Equality in Fragile and Conflict-affected States - Chapter 4
• Aid in Support of Gender Equality in Fragile and Conflict-affected States - Chapter 4

Aid in Support of Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment: Statistical Overview - Chapter 1

Statistical overview examining data on OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) member aid flows that explicitly target gender equality and women's empowerment

Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Developing Countries 2013

This publication provides comprehensive data on the volume, origin and types of aid and other resource flows to around 150 developing countries.

Related Documents

• Statistics on Resource Flows to Developing Countries
• International Development Statistics (IDS) online databases on aid and other resource flows

Promoting the Busan Building Block on Climate Finance and Development Effectiveness

A side event was held at the UNFCCC 18th Conference of the Parties, to promote the Busan partnership on Climate Finance and Development Effectiveness - Doha, Qatar, 1 December 2012.

Korea: a growing influence in the field of development co-operation

An aid recipient less than two decades ago, Korea is now a donor and sharing its experience of how to use development co-operation as a catalyst to promote long-term sustainable growth in other countries.

Aid for Trade: Achieving Success in a Changing Environment

The Aid for Trade Initiative is trying to help least developing countries build their supply-side capacity and trade-related infrastructure so that they can further reap the benefits of trade, said OECD Secretary-General.