Middle East / North Africa and the Millennium Development Goals ...

Middle East / North Africa and the Millennium Development Goals
Figure 27: Share of ODA provided to the poorest 25 % of developing
countries between 1999 and 2003
Source: Baulch (2004); Nunnenkamp (2004, Figure 1)
– Increase of the share of ODA for basic social services: The share of
German ODA for basic social services (primary education, primary
healthcare, food, access to drinking water, and sewage disposal) has
stagnated since 1996 at a figure of 10 % (see Figure 28 and Table
A18, Annex). The MDG agenda does not provide for any increase in
this share, but it does contain an indicator to measure it. One reason
for this is the logic of the MDG agenda itself, which focuses above all
on the situation of the poorest segments of society; the other is a 1995
OECD/DAC proposal to raise the share of ODA targeted to basic social
services to at least 20 %, provided that the developing countries
themselves earmark a minimum of 20 % of their overall government
expenditure for basic social services. Nearly all other donors have
dedicate a higher share of their ODA to social infrastructure in developing
countries than Germany (Alliance2015 2005; Fues 2005).
– Elimination of aid ties: The share of ODA that German provided
without any aid ties was increased from 62 to 85 % between 1900 and
2001 (see Table A19, Annex).
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