ODA Development Aid Encourage and lobby developed countries to devote 0.7 of GNP to international development aid.

Japan's strong commitment to development aid and cooperation through its ODA remains unchanged.

While ODA is an important source of financing for development, aid alone cannot ensure sustainable development over the long term.

Official Development Assistance (ODA)

First, official development assistance (ODA) should be greatly increased.

Development of clear and transparent indicators, especially for ODA.

In addition to increasing nominal ODA levels, efforts have been made to enhance aid effectiveness through better harmonization of aid procedures and improved coordination of donor policies and procedures.

The most direct way to increase ODA volumes is to allocate increasing shares of donor countries' national budgets to aid.

Over the last few years, development aid has shifted away from thematic projects, towards broader programmes and direct budget support this makes it harder to monitor the level of ODA to the forest sector.

Privatizing Development Aid

Furthermore, remittance levels are double those of official development assistance (ODA).

Likewise, the issue of swapping one financial obligation for another under the HIPC Initiative raises the question of additionality of aid flows, as debt relief is included in the donor accounting of official development assistance (ODA).

With respect to official development assistance (ODA), the trend has been towards an increase in the volume of ODA to Africa since 2002.

Sources OECD, statistical annex to 2004 Development Cooperation Report (net ODA receipts, ODA GNI) UNCTAD, Handbook of Statistics, 2004 (exports of merchandise) World Bank, World Development Indicators 2005 (external debt, GDP).

While trade does not obviate the need for large scale ODA supported development investments, an open and equitable trading system can be a powerful driver of economic growth and poverty reduction, especially when combined with adequate aid.

We welcome the recent upward trend in disbursing official development assistance (ODA).

The recent commitments on official development assistance (ODA) were widely welcomed, including the commitment to double ODA to Africa and the commitments by many donors to reach the target of 0.7 per cent in ODA.

Fourth, the inadequate volume and poor quality of ODA had compromised its true potential, resulting in a misguided perception that aid would not work.

He welcomed the comment on Ireland's development aid and said that Development Cooperation Ireland had a gender mainstreaming strategy for development aid.

For developing countries, official development assistance (ODA) remains an important source of income.

Development Aid for Development s Sake

Official development assistance (ODA) was seen as an essential mechanism for achieving the Millennium Development Goals and longer term development goals.

It was also noted that recently some post transition economy countries have emerged as donors of official development assistance (ODA) and that they have targeted their aid towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals in countries with economies in transition (South East Europe and Central Asia) and developing countries.

ODA remains the major source of investment in infrastructure development in landlocked developing countries.

In many countries, ODA finances up to 80 per cent of the development budget.

By expanding ODA (developing aid), improving the policies of developing countries and harmonizing civil society, the MDGs will not only be achieved but will be exceeded.

Official development assistance (ODA) is the most important source of financing for the poorest countries.

Official development assistance (ODA) remains the main source of external finance for landlocked developing countries.

Donors must also increase official development assistance (ODA) and provide Africa with greater debt relief.

Aid for trade, in addition to aid for development, should assist developing countries in developing supply capacities, competitiveness and development oriented infrastructure.

It was therefore necessary to build upon the recommendations of the 2005 World Summit regarding ODA targets, debt relief, increased aid and the special needs of Africa.

Catholic Organization for Relief and Development Aid

For us developed countries that means significantly stepping up our official development assistance (ODA) and establishing timetables to reach the agreed ODA target of 0.7 per cent of gross national income.

While recognizing the vital importance of substantially raising the volume of official development assistance (ODA) to implement goals 1 7 and, hence, progress in the implementation of human rights, including the right to development, the task force highlights a number of issues that are relevant for developing criteria for periodic evaluation of aid.

We therefore welcome ideas for innovative sources of funding and calls for increased official development assistance (ODA).

For donor countries, issues included increased official development assistance (ODA), deeper debt relief and improved trade conditions.

Development aid agencies were encouraged to support the alternative development programmes of UNODC.

Japan is not only increasing the volume of its ODA but also improving its quality and effectiveness based on the action plan for implementing the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness.

We call on the implementation on the provision of ODA that take into account the national development priorities of developing countries and meet ODA commitments in support of pro poor and poverty reduction policies.

A key issue in development finance is aid effectiveness.

At the strong urging of civil society and non governmental organizations, States have increased official development assistance (ODA).

International aid was an effective weapon in the war against poverty, and the pledge to increase ODA to developing countries by some 50 billion dollars a year was a good sign.

That constitutes 25 per cent of the official development assistance (ODA) from the 30 industrialized members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

We are, therefore, concerned about the continuous, significant and clearly calculated decline in official development assistance (ODA) in recent years and reiterate the urgent need for a substantial increase of ODA, as agreed at Monterrey, Mexico.

We know that, as a complement to official development assistance (ODA), national efforts must play a more decisive role.