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 ...

... 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. The decline in support for least developed countries (LDCs) coupled with an increase in...

... 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 of their combined ... small share of its GNI, at just 0.17 percent. This places it in 28th place among the 30 countries on the DAC, and the country is under growing pressure to increase its contribution. Industrial ODA has been identified ...

... sources has emerged, blended finance has become recognized as one of the most powerful means for this. The OECD DAC defines blended finance as ‘the strategic use of public or private investment aimed at development, ... community’s discussions on blended finance began in earnest in 2014, centered on the WEF and OECD, and officially recognized its role and necessity in the process of establishing SDGs in 2015. The ...

... private sector development (PSD) in diverse ways, depending on the given context and perspective. The 2016 report of the advisory group on investment and development of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) provides a much more specific definition of PSD than has been used in the past. According to the report, PSD is “development cooperation ...

... policies concerning each area and reform of regulations and systems conducted focusing on the capacity building of partner countries. Development consulting concerning policy advisory of member countries of the OECD DAC takes up about 19% (roughly 23 billion dollars on annual average)of the entire expenses of ODA for the recent three years and in Korea the figure takes up about 14% (about 140 million dollars on annual ...

... chain(GVC) for industrial development of developing countries by introducing the updated studies from OECD/WTO. The value chain analysis reveals the importance to see what kind of tasks a country does rather ... coordination of programs. It resulted in fragmentation of ODA which has been criticized by many including OECD/DAC peer review. In terms of private participation in industrial ODA, Korea has a potential since many ...

... the 1960s, we were one of the poorest countries in the world with both the limited land and resources. However, by achieving the “Miracle on the Han River”, we were able to become a member of OECD DAC, a forum of many of the largest funders of aid, in just 50 years. With willpower and determination, we built one of the world’s leading high-tech industries from such unfavorable circumstances. Notably, ...

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 ...

The Republic of Korea became the first among developing countries after the WWII to have transformed itself from a recipient to a donor country by joining the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) in 2010. Korea's ODA contribution marked 1.3 billion dollars in 2011, which was 0.12% of its GNI. Although the contribution level is still low to meet the international standards, it has been rapidly ...