Development

Statistics

International Development Statistics online

How much official development assistance (ODA) do publicly funded bodies provide to developing countries? Are they living up to their commitments ? To answer these and other questions, we track ODA flows from more than 40 countries.

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Books

DAC Guidelines and Reference Series

The OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) adopts policy guidance for members in the conduct of their development co-operation programmes.

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Focus

Latest development aid figures

Major donors’ aid to developing countries fell by nearly 3% in 2011, breaking a long trend of annual increases. Disregarding years of exceptional debt relief, this was the first drop since 1997.

DCD-DAC website

For 50 years now, the DAC has grouped the world's main donors, defining and monitoring global standards in key areas of development. Visit our website to learn more.

OECD and Africa

The OECD and Africa is an information gateway to events, publications, statistics, maps and much more Africa-related work produced across the OECD.

Security implications of climate change in the Sahel

Security implications of climate change in the Sahel region, regional study co-ordinated by the Sahel and West Africa Club Secretariat.

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Migration and the brain drain phenomenon

Conventional wisdom suggests that "brain drain" from poor to rich countries threatens development. However, developing countries could even benefit from high-skill migration.

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