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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

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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

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Aid to LDCs has doubled since 2000

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

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

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

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

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

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

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IDA and EU institutions have been the key multilateral donors

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

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Composition of aid to basic social services in LDCs

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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