Official Development Assistance

I have one thing to say about official development assistance: the Commission's position on the matter is very clear.

All these provisions must not, however, lead to a fall in official development assistance.

I would like to say that, on official development assistance, Parliament is right behind you.

I am talking about development policy, not just official development assistance.

If we look at total official development assistance, globally it has in fact decreased.

Americans give 15 cents per day per person in official development assistance to poor countries.

Half of the balance of their funding comes from government official development assistance programmes.

Established in 1941, it is a central figure in France's official development assistance system.

Official development assistance has been criticized by several economists for being an inappropriate way of helping poor countries.

Her graduate research focussed on human rights, global governance and official development assistance.

Japan, the biggest contributor of official development assistance to the country, is thought of as a friend.

"We shall direct official development assistance more toward the poorest countries," the communique said.

Recent rehabilitation projects, supported by official development assistance, have improved the safety and efficiency of the line.

This amount, expected to total $300 billion over the next decade, vastly exceeds official development assistance, and benefits some of the poorest communities.

Official development assistance should carry on increasing and should not suffer the consequences of the financial crisis.

I mentioned the bigger problem, which has not yet been clarified, of how any of this can be reported as official development assistance.

Funding for the project could be sourced from either official development assistance or a public-private partnership.

The illicit financial flows that they allow are thought to account for as much as ten times the amount of official development assistance.

Nothing justifies a reduction in official development assistance.

Maybe it's the term itself (which may explain why it has been replaced by the studiously neutral "official development assistance").

The United States will spend about $450 billion this year on the military but only $15 billion on official development assistance.

The Commission has, as Parliament knows, suspended official development assistance to Zimbabwe since early 2002.

Sida is responsible for organization of the bulk of Sweden's official development assistance to developing countries.

We tabled a proposal broadening the industrialised countries' instrument to cover activities which cannot be eligible as official development assistance.

This represents a doubling of current official development assistance (ODA).