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The OECD’s Transition Finance Toolkit
As LDCs approach graduation from the LDC category, they are often facing other simultaneous transitions related to development milestones such as reaching a certain...
Recent publications and reports on LDCs
Analysis and publications on this portal
CDP/CDP Secretariat:
LDC resources in the Committee for Development Policy website
Handbook on the Least Developed Country Category:...
New report on Blended Finance in LDCs / UNCDF & OECD
Blended Finance in the Least Developed Countries 2019 is the second volume in the series. It outlines the latest trends in blended finance approaches...
Commitments and special terms on ODA to LDCs
All developing countries are eligible for ODA until they exceed the high-income threshold determined by the World Bank for three consecutive years. Special commitments...
Rethinking support measures for the least developed countries
Daniel Gay, Inter-Regional Adviser on LDCs
Committee for Development Policy Secretariat
Part I, below, discusses critically the theoretical background behind the existing international support measures for...
Bilateral aid from DAC members to LDCs fell by 16 per cent in 2014
Member countries of OECD-DAC spent over US$135 billion on development assistance in 2014. When compared to 2013, ODA flows declined by 0.5 per cent...
50 percent of Irish ODA will go to LDCs in 2015
Ireland promises to contribute half of its development assistance to LDCs in 2015. A target that the country also reached last year. 600 million...
The ODA flows to LDCs recovered in 2013
According to data released by the OECD, gross ODA flows to LDCs recovered in 2013 after the decline to $47.6 billion in 2012. Data...
Progress in Untying ODA
Source: United Nations MDG Gap Task Force Report 2012
In 2012, 85.9 per cent of DAC/OECD's bilateral aid to the LDCs was untied, excluding administrative costs. In...
Untied ODA to LDCs
Source: United Nations MDG Gap Task Force Report 2013
In 2001, OECD-DAC members adopted a Recommendation to untie much of the ODA to LDCs. In...
Multilateral ODA to LDCs (2000-2013)
Even though not all multilateral organizations have LDC-specific programmes, many of them consider LDCs priority in their activities and often allocate significant portions of...
Bilateral ODA to LDCs in 2011: Falling short of targets
Recently released OECD data indicates that for several donors there have seen reductions in the bilateral ODA targets to LDCs between 2010 and 2011.
Among the...
