Official development assistance

Population assistance as a proportion of official development assistance

Official Development Assistance (ODA)

Assure human rights and security within the framework of the Millennium Declaration and the MDGs.

Increasing the amount and impact of official development assistance

Innovative funding sources were a complement to ODA.

Stressing the importance of reversing the continuing decline of official development assistance devoted to agriculture, both in real terms and as a share of total official development assistance,

Stressing the importance of reversing the continuing decline of official development assistance devoted to agriculture, both in real terms and as a share of total official development assistance,

Stressing the importance of reversing the continuing decline of official development assistance devoted to agriculture, both in real terms and as a share of total official development assistance,

Stressing the importance of reversing the continuing decline of official development assistance devoted to agriculture, both in real terms and as a share of total official development assistance,

Stressing the importance of reversing the continuing decline of official development assistance devoted to agriculture, both in real terms and as a share of total official development assistance,

First, official development assistance (ODA) should be greatly increased.

We welcome the recent upward trend in disbursing official development assistance (ODA).

Stressing the importance of reversing the continuing decline of official development assistance devoted to agriculture and rural development, both in real terms and as a share of total official development assistance,

Deeply concerned by the low levels of official development assistance,

Increasing official development assistance remains an essential and continuing challenge.

The round table addressed the theme of ODA, innovative sources of financing and debt .

It is essential to achieve cooperation between formal and informal assistance and care circuits, and between volunteers and professionals.

Sub theme 3 Official development assistance, innovative sources of finance and debt

We know that the value of such remittances surpasses that of official development assistance.

A substantial increase in official development assistance to developing countries has not been achieved.

Regarding official development assistance, the Republic of Korea agrees that it plays a critical role in supporting and supplementing domestic resources.

On the contrary, ODA has declined.

Urgent steps are needed to increase the quality, transparency and accountability of ODA.

By 2015, it will reach 0.7 per cent.

Innovative forms of financing are being developed to complement ODA increases.

They have to accelerate and increase the flows of ODA and foreign direct investment.

Furthermore, remittance levels are double those of official development assistance (ODA).

As an emerging donor, the Republic of Korea has intensified its efforts both to increase its volume of official development assistance and to improve its policies and procedures on ODA implementation.

We also believe that official development assistance should be combined with debt relief.

Official development assistance (ODA) is the most important source of financing for the poorest countries.

Japan was working on mainstreaming gender considerations into its official development assistance.

Financial incentives and higher shares of official development assistance as catalytic funding should also be considered.

For developing countries, official development assistance (ODA) remains an important source of income.

Furthermore, it is essential to implement the commitments regarding the increase in official development assistance, as well as to quickly deliver that assistance to those who are in need.

(a) Supporting national Governments in their efforts to strengthen national mechanisms through official development assistance and other appropriate assistance

The simplest and most radical solution would be to stop all official aid payments.

Simultaneous efforts in many fields include resource mobilization and increased official development assistance.

They promised to increase official development assistance to 0.7 per cent of their GDP by 2015.

However, it should be pointed out that only a handful of countries contribute the suggested 4 per cent or more of their total ODA for population assistance in 2003, only five countries did so, compared with eight countries in 2002.

Figure 2 Official development assistance and debt relief provided to sub Saharan Africa, 2000 2003

Donors must also increase official development assistance (ODA) and provide Africa with greater debt relief.

We are, therefore, concerned about the continuous, significant and clearly calculated decline in official development assistance (ODA) in recent years and reiterate the urgent need for a substantial increase of ODA, as agreed at Monterrey, Mexico.

The linkage between ODA and productivity and growth must be re established, and ODA should be used to supplement the resources available for investment and supply capacity and not just to solve immediate problems of cash flows or social security safety nets.

(b) ODA following guidelines for aid effectiveness applicable to both donor and partner countries, such as the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, and particularly of ODA being more predictable and harmonized