Development Matters posted: " By Carsten Staur, Chair of the OECD Development Assistance Committee The OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) has defined a set of criteria for including countries on its list of Official Development Assistance (ODA) recipients and, sim" Development Matters When and why do countries stop being eligible for receiving Official Development Assistance? Development Matters Dec 18 By Carsten Staur, Chair of the OECD Development Assistance Committee The OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) has defined a set of criteria for including countries on its list of Official Development Assistance (ODA) recipients and, similarly, for them to graduate from the list, primarily because their economic growth has made them high income countries.   How can the DAC help facilitate a smooth transition for countries approaching the ODA graduation point? This blog looks at the criteria for ODA eligible countries and the challenges these may present. Since 2005, the sole criterion for inclusion of countries on the DAC list of ODA eligible countries is their status as "low- and middle-income" countries in accordance with GNI per capita as defined in the World Bank's income classification. The threshold for graduation – i.e. exiting the list – is therefore classification by the World Bank (WB) as a high-income country for three consecutive years. Read more of this post Manage your email settings or unsubscribe. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://oecd-development-matters.org/2023/12/18/when-and-why-do-countries-stop-being-eligible-for-receiving-official-development-assistance/

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