What we learned from COVID-19

Development partners adopted a “get it done” attitude in response to Covid-19. Countries and philanthropies mobilised USD 126 billion, with major vaccine support going to the least developed countries and Africa. But a new OECD report shows that these efforts didn’t reach all their goals. What lessons should partners draw from this crisis to improve preparedness for the next one? Continue reading What we learned from COVID-19

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When and why do countries stop being eligible for receiving Official Development Assistance?


By Carsten Staur, Chair of the OECD Development Assistance Committee


The OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) has defined a set of criteria for including countries on its list of Official Development Assistance (ODA) recipients and, similarly, for them to graduate from the list, primarily because their economic growth has made them high income countries.  

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