Preliminary data released by the OECD in April 2026 confirmed that official development assistance (ODA) from members of its Development Assistance Committee (DAC) fell 23.1 percent in 2025 to USD 174.3 billion, the steepest decline since records began. The contraction stems not only from volatile items such as humanitarian aid and in-donor refugee costs but also from a retreat in the core of development ...

... utilization requires reforming rules of origin and related systems, as complex origin criteria and certification procedures constrain use of the agreement. Stronger linkages between development cooperation and Korea-India industrial cooperation is also needed, as the limited integration of official development assistance (ODA) with industrial cooperation reduces the effectiveness of implementation.

... policies and demonstrating a clear intent to leverage their domestic economic and industrial sectors. This policy shift among donor countries is evident in their changing official development assistance (ODA) performance, specifically regarding the scale and target of assistance. Members of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) have recently reduced their ODA volumes, a downward trend expected to continue. ...

... for developing countries, which are home to both large reserves of important raw materials as well as production facilities for major global corporations. In response, Official Development Assistance (ODA) is increasingly being deployed to shore up supply chains in developing countries. This ODA typically goes to firms in the logistics, business services, manufacturing, mining and quarrying, and trade sectors. ...

The total value of official development assistance (ODA) has steadily grown over time worldwide, and South Korea is no exception. Moreover, Korea is poised to continue to increase its ODA contributions going forward. In 2022, countries represented on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) disbursed USD 211.4 billion (0.36 percent ...

... sectors that can adopt clean energy, support the development of related technologies, and find ways to compensate for the loss of coal plant-related exports. - Even as Korea offers official development assistance (ODA) through the Green New Deal swiftly reflecting shifts in domestic and overseas circumstances, it also needs to utilize the response to climate change as an opportunity for global growth.

... environmental industry, the government's role is important as its market demand is created by the government's regulations and the supply base is established by the government's support. On the other hand, advanced countries including the U.S., Japan, EU and Germany have close ties with foreign aid(ODA) in order to advance to the global market as well as conduct various support policies by stage and field.

Assistance to industrial development of developing countries is one of promising areas in Korea’s ODA since Korea has a unique experience of poverty reduction through industrialization in a relatively short period of time. However, Korea has not fully realized its potential in this area as Korea has many things to improve due to its short history as a donor. This study aims to explore the strong ...

... hand of recipient countries and cooperation target countries. Even when viewed microscopically from the viewpoint of enhancing the innovation capacity of the recipient countries, it is desirable to reorganize ODA projects. In this context, ISP can be differentiated from the existing development cooperation agenda. Then, does ISP indeed indicate an initiative leading to a paradigm shift? First, in terms of being able ...

Research on Establishing Korean ODA Model The Republic of Korea became the first country after WWII to have transformed itself from a recipient to a donor country when it joined the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) in 2010. Korean ODA reached 1.3 billion U.S. dollars in 2011, 0.12% of the nation’s GNI. Although the contribution level is still lower than international standards, it ...