Development Co-operation Profiles

Other official providers reporting at the aggregate level to the OECD

Chinese Taipei

Introduction

The overarching goal of Chinese Taipei’s development co-operation, as enshrined in the 2016 vision statement as “steadfast diplomacy” and “mutual assistance for mutual benefits”, is to promote international co-operation to advance “progress, development and humanity”. Chinese Taipei’s development co-operation is distributed both through bilateral and multilateral channels. Chinese Taipei provided USD 428.1 million (preliminary data) of official development assistance (ODA) in 2023 (USD 410.3 million in constant terms) representing 0.06% of gross national income (GNI).1 This was an increase of 7% in real terms in volume and an increase in the share of GNI from 2022.

Find the methodological notes behind the profile here.

Policy

Chinese Taipei’s co-operation goals and areas include facilitating social and economic development in partner countries; strengthening economic ties with partner countries; co-operation with international organisations; providing humanitarian assistance to international refugees or countries afflicted by natural disasters; providing technical and human resources training and technical assistance or services to foster industrial capacity; and other initiatives designed to bolster international development co-operation. It also includes operating overseas missions to develop agricultural, industrial, and information and communication technology; environmental protection; disaster prevention; and economic, medical and education sectors in partner countries. Priority sectors for Chinese Taipei’s development co-operation programmes include public health and medicine, small and medium-sized enterprises, the environment, agriculture, education, and information and communication technology. Chinese Taipei has collaborated on development co-operation projects and programmes with DAC Members.

ODA allocation overview

Chinese Taipei provided USD 428.1 million (preliminary data) of ODA in 2023, representing 0.06% of GNI. This was an increase of 7% in real terms in volume and an increase in the share of GNI from 2022.2 Total ODA on a grant-equivalent basis has the same value as net ODA under the cash-flow methodology used in the past, as Chinese Taipei provides only grants.3 Chinese Taipei’s ODA reached a peak in 2020 and has fluctuated since then.

 

Note: Data on ODA volumes (figure above) are in constant 2022 prices. Data for 2023 are preliminary. See the methodological notes for further details.

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Institutional set-up

The government of Chinese Taipei adopted the International Co-operation and Development Act in June 2010. Under this act, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other government institutions are authorised to give priority to commissioning the International Cooperation and Development Fund (TaiwanICDF) and other legal entities and professionals are authorised to conduct international co-operation and development affairs. As the main implementing institution for development co-operation, TaiwanICDF implements projects in partner countries and offers educational training programmes and student fellowship programmes. It partners with 35 countries across Asia, Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean. TaiwanICDF has 21 technical missions in 20 countries.

In 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs updated the ODA Database in line with the latest CRS++ system. Established in 2010, the database serves to collate information on international co-operation and development from relevant government agencies and as a source of information for the International Co-operation and Development Annual Report, which is published on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ website. In addition, a new “White Paper on Foreign Aid Policy” was published in 2023.

Additional resources

Chinese Taipei Ministry of Foreign Affairs: https://en.mofa.gov.tw/.

International Cooperation and Development Fund (TaiwanICDF): www.icdf.org.tw/wSite/mp?mp=2.

2023 White Paper on Foreign Aid Policy. https://www.mofa.gov.tw/cl.aspx?n=3927.

Chinese Taipei has been reporting to the OECD since 2004 at the aggregate level.

The methodological notes provide further details on the definitions and statistical methodologies applied, including the grant-equivalent methodology, core and earmarked contributions to multilateral organisations, country programmable aid, channels of delivery, bilateral ODA unspecified/unallocated, bilateral allocable aid, the gender equality policy marker, and the environment markers.

Notes

← 1.  DAC members adopted the grant-equivalent methodology starting from their reporting of 2018 data as a more accurate way to count the donor effort in development loans. See the methodological notes for further details.

← 2.  Since these figures were reported at an aggregate level, the OECD cannot vet the ODA status of the underlying activities.

← 3.  Non-grants include sovereign loans, multilateral loans, equity investment and loans to the private sector.