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- In 2009, total net official development assistance (ODA)from the donors in the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee rose 0.7 percent in real terms, but the increase was 6.8 percent if debt relief is excluded.
- Net bilateral aid to sub-Saharan Africa was US$24 billion, up by 5.1 percent from 2008. US assistance to the region increased by 10.5 percent.
- In volume terms, the largest individual donors by volume were the United States, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and Japan, but none of these countries have achieved the United Nations ODA target of 0.7 percent of gross national income.
- Five countries did exceed the UN target: Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden.
OECD, April 2010
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