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  • 16-March-2023

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    Untying aid: Official development assistance contract opportunities

    The OECD DAC recommendation on Untying Aid reinforces that developing countries need the responsibility for procurement. The private sector needs to compete for aid-funded contracts. To this end, a list of official development assistance contract opportunities is available on line.

  • 7-March-2023

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    Development finance for gender equality and women’s empowerment

    Data on DAC members’ aid targeting gender equality and women’s empowerment are compiled with the help of the gender equality marker in the Creditor Reporting System (CRS).

  • 7-October-2022

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    Frequently asked questions: the modernisation of official development assistance (ODA)

    Frequently asked questions: the modernisation of official development assistance (ODA)

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  • 25-April-2022

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    The 0.7% ODA/GNI target - a history

    The 0.7% ODA/GNI target was first agreed in 1970, for achievement by the middle of the 1970s and has been repeatedly reaffirmed in communiqués and declarations from international meetings on development financing since then.

  • 29-March-2022

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    Official development assistance – definition and coverage

    The DAC has measured resource flows to developing countries since 1961. Special attention has been given to the official and concessional part of this flow, defined as “official development assistance” (ODA). The DAC first defined ODA in 1969, and tightened the definition in 1972. ODA is the key measure used in practically all aid targets and assessments of aid performance.

  • 21-June-2021

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    The impact of the COVID-19 crisis on external debt in small island developing states

    This paper gives an overview of debt in small island developing states (SIDS). It provides an analysis of liquidity and solvency problems faced by SIDS and introduces a quantitative estimation of hidden (or off-the-radar) Chinese overseas loans.

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  • 21-May-2021

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    OECD-UNDP Impact Standards for Financing Sustainable Development

    A growing number of investors and corporates aim at coupling financial returns in developing countries with positive social, economic and environmental impacts. However, the way they measure those impacts can be at odds with actual managing practices, and important aspects such as transparency, the protection of human rights and local stakeholder consultation are not systematically taken into account. In order to help mend these gaps, the OECD-UNDP Impact Standards for Financing Sustainable Development (IS-FSD) provide a framework for donors, development finance institutions and their private sector partners to make financial decisions and manage projects in ways that generate a positive impact on sustainable development, and improves the transparency of development results. The Standards, approved by the OECD Development Assistance Committee in March 2021, constitute a best practice guide and self-assessment tool. They are built around four areas: Strategy, management approach, transparency and governance.
  • 12-May-2021

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    Aid fragmentation and aid orphans

    Providers of development co-operation decide individually which countries to assist and to what extent. As a consequence, the global development co-operation landscape is increasingly proliferated. The resulting imbalances can impair the effectiveness of aid through aid fragmentation as well as accumulation of providers in some countries – so called “darlings” – and gaps in aid provision in others – commonly known as “orphans”.

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  • 12-April-2021

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    DAC Glossary of Key Terms and Concepts

    This glossary includes key terms and concepts used in DAC Statistics.

  • 24-March-2021

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    Infrastructure finance by bilateral and multilateral development partners

    Infrastructure — such as water and sanitation, transport, energy and communications — is fundamental for economic growth, poverty reduction and human development.

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