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Increase in total development aid from OECD countries in 2008
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Foreign aid expenditure in OECD countries (discontinued), 2008

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Increase in total development aid from OECD countries in 2008

Figures from the OECD show that total net official development assistance (ODA) increased from 0.28 per cent of their combined Gross National Income (GNI) in 2007 to 0.31 per cent in 2008. Adjusted for debt relief and taking account of both inflation and exchange rate movements, aid increased by 11.7 per cent from 2007.

Public expenditure on development aid 2007. Per cent of GNI

Data from members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC), as reported by the OECD, show that total net official development assistance (ODA) was USD 121.5 billion in 2008. Of this, debt relief constituted USD 8.8 billion. Excluding debt relief grants, DAC members’ net ODA rose by 13.7 per cent including adjustments for inflation and exchange rate movements.

The level of development aid is usually measured as a percentage of GNI and is often used to compare countries’ expenditure on foreign aid. In 1970, the UN resolved that development aid should account for 0.7 of GNI. Norway, Sweden and Denmark achieved this goal relatively quickly in the 1970s. In 2008, only the Scandinavian countries, the Netherlands and Luxembourg met the target.

0.31 per cent of GNI

For the DAC countries combined, the percentage of GNI used for development aid was 0.31 per cent in 2008, compared with 0.28 per cent in 2007. Measured in US dollars, the DAC countries increased their development aid by 18 billion.

USA the largest contributor

The largest donors in 2008, by volume, were the USA, followed by Germany, the UK, France and Japan. The USA contributed with USD 26.8 billion, up from USD 21.8 billion in 2006. US expenditure on development aid was 0.19 per cent of GNI in 2008.

Norway contributed with 0.88 per cent of GNI

Norway’s development aid was 0.88 per cent of GNI in 2008, while the percentage in 2007 was 0.95. The expenditure on development aid increased by USD 0.2 billion to 3.9 billion in 2008. In real terms, corrected for price and exchange rate movements, this corresponds to a decrease of 2.5 per cent.

Official development assistance. 2007-2008
  Million US dollar Real per cent
change1		 Real per cent
change.1Without
debt relief grants
  2007 2008*
  Total Total Debt relief grants
Norway 3 728 3 963 42 -2 -2
Denmark 2 562 2 803 96 0 2
Sweden 4 339 4 732 - 4 6
Canada 4 080 4 785  133 14 11
France 9 884 10 908  901 2 11
Italy 3 971 4 861  890 12 7
Japan 7 679 9 579 1 738 11 14
Netherlands 6 224 6 993  124 5 10
Germany 12 291 13 981 2 593 6 13
United Kingdom 9 849 11 500  549 25 20
United States 21 787 26 842  215 21 20
Others 17 093 20 537 1 533 - -
Total DAC  103 485  121 483 8 814 12 14
1  Taking account of both inflation and exchange rate movements.

Data supplied by DAC members on their 2008 aid flows are available here

For more information is also available from: OECD , NORAD , and our Statistical Yearbook .

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