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How to Assess the Quality of Official Development Assistance (QuODA)

May 06, 2021
There is a lot of money being spent on official development assistance (ODA). The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) confirmed recently that countries provided over $160 billion in ODA in 2020. But ten years on from the global agreement reached in Busan, South Korea to imp...
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If We’re Going to Fund Climate Mitigation from ODA, We Need to Double It.

March 18, 2021
There is not enough ODA to cope adequately with existing development challenges, and yet it is now being charged with funding a large share of donor country commitments toward global climate finance. We think it should be doubled.
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Hitting 0.7 For 0.7’s Sake: The Perils of the Global Aid Funding Target

March 03, 2021
Amid the news that France is legislating a target to give 0.7 percent of GNI as official development assistance, Ranil Dissanayake takes a deep look at what this means in practice. 
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Can the UK Cut Bilateral Aid for Health By 50 Percent and Protect Health Systems?

February 08, 2021
Following the UK government’s decision to cut aid from 0.7 to 0.5 percent of GNI, recent announcements have shown that bilateral aid is likely to receive the biggest hit, all while in the midst of a global pandemic.