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Aid to the least developed countries Yasmin Ahmad and Simon Scott Statistics and Monitoring Division OECD Development Co-operation Directorate June, 2011 Aid to LDCs has doubled since 2000 Seven countries receive about half of the aid to LDCs


  1. Aid to the least developed countries Yasmin Ahmad and Simon Scott Statistics and Monitoring Division OECD Development Co-operation Directorate June, 2011

  2. Aid to LDCs has doubled since 2000

  3. Seven countries receive about half of the aid to LDCs in 2009

  4. LDCs received about a third of all aid in 2008-09

  5. Per capita aid to LDCs is higher than to other income groups

  6. The United States has been the most generous bilateral donor to LDCs since 2000

  7. But smaller donors provide a larger share of their bilateral aid to LDCs

  8. Only nine DAC countries met the 0.15% of GNI target for aid to LDCs in 2009

  9. IDA and EU institutions have been the key multilateral donors

  10. Aid goes mainly to social sectors (education, health, water supply).

  11. Composition of aid to basic social services in LDCs

  12. Substantial development assistance from non-DAC donors Estimate of development assistance flows from other countries, 2008 USD million COUNTRY LOWER ESTIMATE UPPER ESTIMATE 19 countries reporting to DAC 8,679 8,679 Brazil ** 437 437 China 1,800 3,000 India *** 610 610 Russia 200 200 South Africa 109 109 ESTIMATED TOTAL 11,835 13,035 * Includes the following EU members: Cyprus, Czech Rep., Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovak Rep., Slovenia. Emerging donors: Iceland, Israel, Liechtenstein, Turkey. Providers of South South cooperation: Chinese Taipei, Thailand. Arab donors: Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates. ** 2007 data *** 2008/09 data

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