In 2012, the OECD decided to create a new measure of development finance that would be much wider than just “official development...

Professor Speedy presents his insights and recommendations to promote Total Official Support for Sustainable Development (TOSSD) as the...

August 2024 ODAReform.org Newsletter Dear Friends, I hope that those of you who share the Northern Hemisphere with us are having a good...

Hedwig Riegler points out the fundamental problems of a system designed under political influence and for political reasons which,...

This special ODAReform page contains three articles about the measurement of climate finance. - The first, by Steve Cutts, identifies the key problems with the $100 billion per year climate finance target and the lessons they offer for any follow-up target. - The second, by Simon Scott, discusses the pros and cons of four published methods of measuring financial flows against the $100 billion pledge. - The third, by Hedwig Riegler, discusses the practical problems of developi

Given all the problems created by the DAC’s recent changes to ODA rules, it is no surprise to see proposals for alternative measures of...

If you told the taxman you made a $6 million loss when you really made a $31 million profit, you could go to jail.  But as Simon Scott...

February 2024 ODAReform.org Newsletter Dear Friends, If it is not too late, I would like to wish you all a very Happy New Year. As some...

Donors have come up with a new trick -- scoring ODA for selling financial guarantees.  Scott and Riegler explain why this rabbit won't...

An international group of experts on the measurement of aid and other resource flows to developing countries met in Brussels, Belgium on...

The miracle of "private sector instruments" -- endless new ODA at the touch of a button Double-click below to download paper

Scott explains the DAC's simple solution for unwelcome figures - just report something else! Double-click below to download paper

Do discount rates really make much of a difference? Scott shows that they really do! Double-click below to download paper

June 2023 ODAReform.org Newsletter Dear Friends, It is now one month since we launched the website ODAReform.org to support our campaign...

Scott explains why Bond himself would be shaken not stirred by the DAC's latest poisonous addition to its ODA cocktail Double-click below...

Equity or iniquity? – Hedi Riegler puts the DAC’s latest proposed ODA rule changes under the microscope

Simon Scott shows how the DAC's latest proposals to over-count ODA in equity investments are statistically incoherent, and should be...