The OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) conducts peer reviews of individual members once every five to six years. Reviews seek to improve the quality and effectiveness of members’ development co-operation, highlighting good practices and recommending improvements.
The peer review of Sweden, led by Austria and Canada, explores opportunities and challenges Sweden faces as it reforms its development co-operation model in a complex geopolitical environment. A global leader and standard setter in development co-operation, Sweden has achieved significant development impact through its long-term approach and strong ecosystem of development actors. As support to Ukraine continues to grow, Sweden will need to safeguard ODA to least developed countries and fragile contexts. While Sweden has made efforts to concentrate the geographic focus of its ODA, further steps are needed to provide more predictable support to partner countries underpinned by long-term strategies. The review also calls for stronger use of evidence in decision making and recommends increasing the development impact of the private sector engagement supported by Team Sweden.
