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70 MACROECONOMIC, TRADE, AND AID DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MONITORING REPORT 2013<br />

from the economic crisis (OECD 2012b). At<br />

Gleneagles, the G-8 donors also envisaged an<br />

increase in total ODA to Africa of $25 billion<br />

in 2004 prices and exchange rates. In current<br />

prices and exchange rates, that translates<br />

into an increase of an estimated $29 billion<br />

in 2010. Yet estimates show that Africa only<br />

received an additional $11.8 billion in 2010.<br />

Given the decline in ODA in 2011 and 2012,<br />

it is clear that this situation has not improved.<br />

Regional aid<br />

Although ODA disbursements were lower in<br />

2011 than in 2010, the trend in regional ODA<br />

remained stable. Aid is mainly concentrated<br />

in Sub-Saharan Africa, which received 43<br />

percent of net ODA disbursements in 2011,<br />

South Asia (21 percent), and the Middle East<br />

and North Africa (11 percent) (figure 1.23).<br />

While Sub-Saharan Africa still received<br />

most of the aid, this region suffered a further<br />

decrease in 2012, with flows of $26.2 billion,<br />

or a decline of 7.9 percent in real terms compared<br />

with 2011. Europe and Central Asia<br />

also saw a fall in net bilateral ODA flows of<br />

17 percent in real terms from 2010; between<br />

2010 and 2011, the decline was around 6<br />

FIGURE 1.23 Net ODA disbursements to<br />

developing regions<br />

Percent<br />

50<br />

45<br />

40<br />

35<br />

30<br />

25<br />

20<br />

15<br />

10<br />

5<br />

0<br />

East Asia<br />

and<br />

Pacific<br />

Source: OECD DAC 2012.<br />

Europe<br />

and<br />

Central<br />

Asia<br />

Latin<br />

America<br />

and the<br />

Caribbean<br />

Middle<br />

East and<br />

North<br />

Africa<br />

South<br />

Asia<br />

1990–2000 2001–10 2011<br />

Sub-<br />

Saharan<br />

Africa<br />

FIGURE 1.24 Net ODA disbursements to lowand<br />

middle-income countries<br />

US$ millions (2010 prices)<br />

350,000<br />

300,000<br />

250,000<br />

200,000<br />

150,000<br />

100,000<br />

50,000<br />

0<br />

Low-income<br />

countries<br />

Source: OECD DAC 2012.<br />

percent as the region made strong gains<br />

toward poverty alleviation. Latin America<br />

sustained a decrease of 3 percent in 2011,<br />

while South Asia registered a shortfall of 2<br />

percent. The only region with an increase in<br />

net ODA disbursements was the Middle East<br />

and North Africa, with the revolutions in this<br />

region triggering more aid.<br />

Special groups<br />

Lowermiddleincome<br />

countries<br />

Uppermiddleincome<br />

countries<br />

Low-income<br />

countries,<br />

excluding<br />

Afghanistan<br />

1990–2000 2001–11<br />

Middleincome<br />

countries,<br />

excluding<br />

Iraq<br />

Low-income countries received 3 percent<br />

more aid in 2011 compared with 2010.<br />

Middle-income countries, on the other hand,<br />

suffered a decline of 17.2 percent from 2010.<br />

For lower-middle-income countries, net ODA<br />

disbursements decreased 8.9 percent from<br />

2010, to $5.7 billion (figure 1.24).<br />

When all developing countries are considered,<br />

ODA disbursements per capita have<br />

increased for countries with no more than<br />

two of the MDGs achieved (figure 1.25).<br />

Even though aid fell in 2011, the flows<br />

are still being directed to those countries<br />

lagging the most (that is, the countries<br />

furthest from achieving the MDGs). For<br />

example, the group of countries in a fragile<br />

situation that have met or are currently on

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