AS per OECD Report, in
2014, final figures for net official development assistance (ODA) flows
from OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) member countries totalled
USD 137.2 billion, marking an increase of 1.2% in real terms over 2013
and surpassing the all-time high in 2013. As a share of GNI, ODA was 0.30%.
Preliminary
ODA figures for 2014, published in April 2015, indicated a slight decline
(0.5%) in total net ODA compared to 2013, but this decline was reversed in
the final data, as several members reported slightly higher volumes of aid
for certain items (e.g. Italy reported about USD 600 million more in its final
data, mostly for in-donor refugee costs). In the past 15 years, net ODA has
been rising steadily and has increased by nearly 70% since 2000.
The largest DAC donor countries by volume were the United States, the United
Kingdom, Germany, France and Japan. Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden and the
United Kingdom continued to exceed the United Nations’ ODA target of 0.7% of
GNI. G7 countries provided 71% of total net DAC ODA in 2014, and the DAC-EU countries
55%. Net ODA disbursements by EU Institutions were USD 16.5 billion.
The largest recipient of total net ODA in 2014 was Afghanistan, which received
USD 4.8 billion. Viet Nam and the Syrian Arab Republic were the next largest
recipients receiving USD 4.2 billion each, followed by Pakistan, Ethiopia (USD
3.6 billion each), Egypt (USD 3.5 billion) and Turkey (USD 3.4 billion). Total
net ODA allocations to the Middle East region (i.e. amounts unspecified by recipient
country) amounted to USD 12.3 billion. Total ODA to the group of least developed
countries was USD 43.7 billion, a decrease of 9.3% in real terms compared to
2013. Much of this was the result of lower levels of debt relief, which was relatively
high in 2013 due to assistance to Myanmar. Excluding debt relief grants, ODA
to the least developed countries fell by about 4.6%. Total ODA to sub-Saharan
Africa was USD 44.3 billion, a decrease of 4.4% in real terms from 2013. Excluding
debt relief, the decrease was 2.7%
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