ODA is a dependable source of external financing that has increased gradually in recent years
LDCs are receiving greater shares of concessional development finance for climate and environment from official sources, with corresponding declines in the share of such financing to MICs
No clear correlation between ODA, poverty and inequalities
The share of DAC countries’ total ODA to LDCs in 2022 was the lowest in the period analysed from 1996 forward
Aid allocations relative to the global distribution of extreme poverty suggest that in 2022, providers underestimated levels of extreme poverty in LDCs and overestimated them in LMICs and UMICs
Providers are allocating their ODA to sub-Saharan Africa, where poverty and inequalities are most concentrated, but ODA to other regions does not align as well with vulnerabilities
DAC members have concentrated their bilateral aid to poverty reduction on health services since the pandemic
While LDCs have received a greater volume of ODA than LMICs or UMICs historically (except in 2022), ODA per person in extreme poverty has grown significantly in UMICs but only modestly in LDCs over time
Aid per person in extreme poverty from and through multilateral organisations did not target LDCs over UMICs, except in 2019
ODA has yet to adapt to the geography of poverty post pandemic
DAC members’ bilateral ODA to food security and poverty reduction sectors, measured as aid per person in extreme poverty, targeted low-income over middle-income countries in 2022
DAC members’ bilateral ODA to social protection and justice, already a small share of total ODA, has declined since 2020
DAC members' bilateral ODA for climate adaptation has not kept up with the concentration of poverty in LDCs