For more than 60 years, the Development Co-operation Report has brought new evidence, analysis and ideas to the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) and the international community more broadly, shaping policy reform and behaviour change, and promoting best practices in development co-operation. Each year, the report analyses a fresh policy issue that is timely, relevant or challenging for development co-operation policy and finance.
Drawing on the latest research and insights from practitioners, academia and civil society experts, this 61st anniversary edition focuses on the enduring poverty and inequality reduction agendas in the context of the green transition imperative; documents the challenges confronting DAC members and other development co-operation actors as they strive to reconcile them; and proposes a number of solutions for leveraging positive synergies.
The report contains an overview and two main parts. The overview presents key messages on the opportunities and challenges for development co-operation providers to ensure official development assistance (ODA), their key policy instrument, remains fit for purpose in a rapidly changing global context. Part I highlights the urgency, scale and complexity of growing poverty and inequalities and presents policy solutions to address the situation and accelerate progress to meet SDG 1 (ending poverty) and SDG 10 (reducing inequalities). Part II focuses on policies and good practices to end poverty and reduce inequalities in relation also to policy synergies with just green transitions. The two parts contain analytical chapters by think tanks, researchers, development experts, civil society organisations, political leaders and OECD teams as well as “In my view” articles by leaders in their fields.