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| What were we saying in Reality of Aid 1997/98? |
Here are some of the things we said about the aid environment in 1997/1998:
- at donor policy level there seems to be a clearer focus on poverty
- there is some evidence among some donors of a shift from an aid administration approach to a development cooperation approach
- aid expenditure by OECD donors has not measured up to the stated commitments to ending absolute poverty
- aid spending in the poorest countries accounts for only half of total ODA
- there have been record falls in aid for sub-Saharan Africa
- the increasing trend among DAC donor governments to dovetail development and foreign policy could be good for mainstreaming development considerations – but bad if they lose out to trade or political objectives.
- some donors are moving away from project aid towards sectoral and budgetary support.
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| Aid at a glance |
In 1996, the 21 OECD donors gave:
- US$ 55 114 million
- 0.25% of their total GNP
- 1.71% of combined total government expenditure
- US$67.85 per person.
Is it going up or down?
- Aid fell by US$3768 million, a real terms decline of 4.2%
- 11 donors reduced the proportion of GNP allocated to development assistance
- Private flows amounted to US$206 billion, an increase of US$80 million on 1995 and exceeding the previous peak of 1981.
What proportion of bilateral aid goes to basic education and basic health?
In 1995 only 12 of the 21 DAC donors reported their spending on basic health and basic education:
- the average spending on basic education represented 1.2% of ODA
- the average spending on basic health represented 1.8% of ODA.
How much goes to the poorest countries?
- 58% of DAC ODA was spent in countries with an annual per capita income of less than US$2 a day.
How much OECD aid is tied to purchases from the donor country?
- 22% of DAC bilateral aid is given on the condition it is used only to purchase goods and services from the donor country.
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