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Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a formidable challenge for countries at all levels of development. The 2030 Agenda requires governments to coordinate, consult and work across policy areas in an unprecedented way. This calls for a strategic use of budget, procurement and regulatory tools and the design and implementation of innovative, forward-looking […]

The Recommendation on Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC), which was adopted by the DAC on 22 February 2019, aims to promote a broad vision of how DAC members and non-DAC members having adhered to it can work to support, incentivise and implement more coherent, complementary and collaborative humanitarian, development and peace actions,

On 12 July 2019, the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) officially adopted the Guiding Principles on Managing for Sustainable Development Results. More than ever, development actors are called upon to join efforts and maximise the impact of individual and collective interventions to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. The Guiding Principles on Managing for Sustainable Development

Having regard to: (i) “Tidewater Joint Statement on Combating Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in the Development and Humanitarian Sectors”, endorsed by Development Ministers and representatives of DAC Members during the 50th annual Tidewater meeting (Maryland, 3-5 June 2018), where Development Ministers and heads of aid agencies called for joint action on combating sexual exploitation, abuse

Trends and insights on development finance The OECD’s Development Co-operation Profiles compile and analyse verified statistics and trends on how development assistance is allocated geographically, to sectors, multilateral and civil society organisations, cross-cutting priorities such as gender equality and women’s economic empowerment and the environment and climate, and to mobilise private finance. The profiles cover

This edition analyses how trade can contribute to economic diversification and empowerment, with a focus on eliminating extreme poverty, particularly through the effective participation of women and youth. It shows how aid for trade can contribute to that objective by addressing supply-side capacity and trade-related infrastructure constraints, including for micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises notably

The OECD Measuring Distance to the SDG Targets Study aims to help member countries assess where they stand now and to identify the areas where additional effort is required in order to achieve the goals. It also sets out the statistical agenda – showing how much we do not yet know, and how this might

Agenda 2030 is clear on the necessity of mobilising civil society organisations (CSOs) in implementing and upholding accountability for the Sustainable Development Goals. CSOs are important to development co-operation, both as development actors in their own right, and as implementing partners for members of the OECD/DAC. Figures from the DAC show that in 2017, DAC

Foreign aid from official donors in 2018 fell 2.7% from 2017, with a declining share going to the neediest countries, according to preliminary data collected by the OECD. The drop was largely due to less aid being spent on hosting refugees as arrivals slowed and some tightening of the rules on which refugee costs can

OECD “Development Matters” is offering a platform for open and informed discussions on pressing development opportunities and challenges. It builds a robust conversation not only between countries and a diverse range of stakeholders, but also across policy areas. OECD countries’ combined Official Development Assistance (ODA) remains strong. While some criticise ODA figures for stagnating, steady