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News

Launch of the OECD DAC – World Water Council Report on Aid Activities in Support of Water Supply and Sanitation at the 5th World Water Forum

13-Mar-2009

At the 5th World Water Forum in Istanbul, the OECD and the World Water Council will formally launch their new report on aid activities in support of water supply and sanitation 2001-2006.

Aid Statistics in a couple of clicks

09-Dec-2008

The new Query Wizard for International Development Statistics (QWIDS) is designed to provide easy access to DAC and CRS statistics.

Aid targets slipping out of reach?

24-Nov-2008

Aid continued to increase in 2007, once exceptional debt relief is excluded from the figures. But the increase was only 2% on 2006. This is much too slow if donors are to meet their commitments to increase aid by 2010.

Debt Relief is down: Other ODA rises slightly

04-Apr-2008

Development aid in 2007 indicates that the 22 member countries of the OECD Development Assistance Committee, the world’s major donors, provided USD 103.7 billion in aid in 2007.

Aid Activities in Support of HIV/AIDS Control

08-Feb-2008

Comprehensive statistics on aid flows in support of HIV/AIDS control covering the years 2000-2007.

Development aid from OECD countries fell 5.1% in 2006

03-Apr-2007

Total official development assistance (ODA) from members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) fell by 5.1% in 2006 to USD 103.9 billion.  This represents 0.30% of members’ combined Gross National Income.  In real terms this is the first fall in ODA since 1997, though the level is still the highest recorded with the exception of 2005.

More effort needed to reach foreign aid targets, says OECD Report

22-Feb-2007

Aid donors will have to increase funding for aid programmes faster that any other public expenditure in order to fulfil their commitments to increase aid to $130 billion and double aid to Africa by 2010, says the OECD’s Development Co-operation Report. Aid funding, recently rising by 5% per year, would have to rise by 11% every year from 2008 to 2010.

DAC Chair calls on donors to deliver on their Gleneagles commitments

06-Dec-2006

Final data on aid flows in 2005 reveal that underlying aid flows to the poorest countries in sub-Saharan Africa have stalled. Official development assistance from members of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee, which groups the world’s major donors, reached USD 106.8 billion in 2005, a record high.

Aid rising sharply, according to final ODA figures for 2004

20-Dec-2005

New OECD statistics show the first evidence of the major scaling up of aid promised by donors at recent international meetings. Detailed figures for total Official Development Assistance (ODA) provided in 2004 by donors that are members of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) show an increase of aid to USD 79.5 billion. This is a real increase of 5.9 per cent since 2003.


Events

Official Development Assistance – rising or falling?

on 30-Mar-2009

OECD will release the 2008 Official Development Assistance figures at 14:00 (London time) on Monday 30 March. For the first time, the news conference will also address the outlook for aid in the future based on new OECD work on donor forward spending plans.

Managing Water for All publication launch

on 17-Mar-2009

The OECD has released a new report – Managing Water for All: Pricing and Financing – at an event during the World Water Forum in Istanbul. Emphasising the economic, social and environmental benefits of investing in water and sanitation, the report includes information about the agricultural uses of water, financing water supply and sanitation, water pricing, private sector participation in the water sector and aid flows to water.



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