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
- 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 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 1
- 1 min
John Speedy: A Modest Proposal for UK's ODA, March 2023
John Speedy (who tells us he is Regius Chair of Developmental Mathematics and from Punkeydoodles Corners, Ontario, kindly gave us...
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stevecutts
- May 1
- 1 min
Hedwig Riegler: Governance of ODA accounting – no substantial ODA reform without governance reform
This guest piece, by Hedwig Riegler, former Chair of the OECD/DAC's Working Party on Development Finance Statistics calls for a fresh...
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