Brussels Declaration on Measuring Official Development Assistance
An international group of experts on the measurement of aid and other resource flows to developing countries met in Brussels, Belgium on...
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stevecutts
- Jul 9
- 1 min
Hedwig Riegler & Simon Scott: PSI Vehicles as ODA Generators, July 2023
The miracle of "private sector instruments" -- endless new ODA at the touch of a button Double-click below to download paper
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stevecutts
- Jun 13
- 1 min
Simon Scott: Caps Are For Dunces! June 2023
Scott explains the DAC's simple solution for unwelcome figures - just report something else! Double-click below to download paper
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stevecutts
- Jun 11
- 1 min
Simon Scott: Write Your Own ODA Receipt, June 2023
Do discount rates really make much of a difference? Scott shows that they really do! Double-click below to download paper
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stevecutts
- Jun 11
- 6 min
June 2023 Newsletter
June 2023 ODAReform.org Newsletter Dear Friends, It is now one month since we launched the website ODAReform.org to support our campaign...
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stevecutts
- May 31
- 1 min
Simon Scott: A New Low - Bond Purchases as ODA, May 2023
Scott explains why Bond himself would be shaken not stirred by the DAC's latest poisonous addition to its ODA cocktail Double-click below...
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stevecutts
- May 29
- 1 min
Hedwig Riegler - Stretching ODA by "Extending" Equity Investment, May 2023
Equity or iniquity? – Hedi Riegler puts the DAC’s latest proposed ODA rule changes under the microscope
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stevecutts
- May 25
- 1 min
Simon Scott: The Latest Horror: Equity Investments, May 2023
Simon Scott shows how the DAC's latest proposals to over-count ODA in equity investments are statistically incoherent, and should be...
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stevecutts
- May 6
- 1 min
Simon Scott: Abolishing Concessionality, May 2023
The DAC's pea-and-thimble trick to score "cost-free" ODA
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stevecutts
- May 6
- 2 min
Welcome Blog
Welcome to the new ODAReform.org website. Please do take some time to look around the different sections, including a recounting of the...
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stevecutts
- May 5
- 1 min
Steve Cutts: 1st Letter to DAC Chair, February 2022
This was the first letter I sent to the DAC Chair drawing on the findings of the paper I attached, "Credit Where Credit's Due", setting...
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stevecutts
- May 4
- 1 min
Steve Cutts: Credit Where Credit's Due, February 2022
This was the first paper I sent to the DAC Chair in February 2022
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stevecutts
- May 4
- 1 min
Simon Scott: Statistical No-Nos, May 2023
The DAC’s ODA rules are now logically and ethically invalid – here’s why
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stevecutts
- May 2
- 1 min
Steve Cutts: 2nd Letter to DAC Chair, March 2022
This was the 2nd Letter I sent to the DAC Chair, reiterating the calls for ODA Reform and showing the magnitude of over-counting of aid...
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stevecutts
- May 1
- 1 min
Steve Cutts: My Meeting with WP Stat and OECD Officials, May 2022
This is my personal record of the discussions before and at the meeting in May 2022, at which we discuss the overcounting of aid in ODA...
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stevecutts
- May 1
- 1 min
Steve Cutts: ODA and the Donation of Surplus COVID Vaccines, March 2023
Numerous allegations have been made that the DAC’s guidance for claiming ODA for the donation of surplus COVID-19 vaccines originally...
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