Last year, Devex wrote about which countries receive the most aid. This year, we’re looking at spending not by geographic location, but by cause: which sectors do donors spend the most resources on?
Devex has drawn on data collected from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development to see where exactly the money was spent.
OECD uses the Creditor Reporting System to track the overall official development assistance, or ODA, spending of official donors. The reporting system is not intended specifically for aid; it’s used to track a wide range of spending by OECD members. As a result, some work is needed to divide the figures into categories that are useful for development.