DAC / Development Centre
Policy Workshop
Delivering Aid Effectiveness
Improving Complementarity and Division of Labour
Javier Santiso
Director and Chief Economist
OECD Development Centre
 8 December – Paris, France 

The Development Centre: the Bridge Between
OECD and Emerging Economies
OECD - 23 members Non-OECD - 10 members
Chile
Israel
South Africa
Brazil
India
Romania
Thailand
Vietnam
Egypt
Colombia
Indonesia
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Public Support for Development Aid is High
Consistently High Support in OECD DAC Countries for Helping People in Poor Countries Develop
100
90
80
70
60
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Average OECD DAC country percentage of people who say it is very important to “help people in poor countries develop”.
Source: Eurobarometer and national survey for non-EU countries, available at www.oecd.org/dev/devcom
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Bilateral ODA and GDP in DAC Countries:
Sometimes “Decoupled”
Bilateral ODA and GDP in DAC Countries
ODA
(constant 2006 prices, USD million)
90000
80000
70000
60000
50000
40000
30000
20000
10000
0
GDP
(constant 2006 prices, USD billion)
35000
30000
25000
20000
15000
10000
5000
0
Bilateral ODA (Net disbursement) GDP
Sources: OECD Development Centre (2008), based on OECD DAC, 2008 and World Bank WDI online
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Working Paper
Frot, E. and J. Santiso (2008), Development Aid and Portfolio Funds: Trends, Volatility and Fragmentation,
Development Centre, Working Paper No. 275
The Fallout from the Financial Crisis:
Reisen, H. (2008), Emerging Markets Under Stress, OECD Development Centre, Policy Insight No. 83.
Prizzon, A. (2008), External Debt Sustainability – Should More be Done for the Poor?, OECD Development
Centre Policy Insight No. 84.
Mold, A., Ölcer, D., and Prizzon, A. (2008), Will Aid Budgets Fall Victim to the Financial Crisis?, OECD
Development Centre, Policy Insight No. 85.
Mold, A. (2008), Implications for FDI to Developing Countries, OECD Development Centre, Policy Insight
No. 86.
Zimmerman, R. (2008), The End of Public Support for Development Aid?, OECD Development Centre, Policy
Insight No. 87.
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