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- Preface
- I. Luxembourg’s Official Development Assistance in 2012
- DAC peer review
- On the path to 2015
- II. Cooperation with partner countries
- III. Regional cooperation and cooperation with other countries
- IV. Multilateral cooperation
- V. Cooperation with non-governmental organisations
- VI. Humanitarian aid
- VII. Programme support
- VIII. Awareness-raising and development education
- IX. Microfinance
- X. Evaluation
- XI. Progress report on the Inter-ministerial Committee for Development Cooperation
- Appendices
I. Luxembourg’s Official Development Assistance in 2012
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Progress of Official Development Assistance in 2012
The government programme for the 2009-2014 period states that ‘‘the government will maintain the quantitative effort of Luxembourg’s Development Cooperation by volume and by percentage of Gross National Income (1 % of GNI in the years to come)’’.
In 2012, Luxembourg’s official development assistance (ODA) was set at 310 447 808 euros. Expressed as a percentage of Gross National Income (GNI), ODA rose to 1 % in 2012.
On an international level, Luxembourg confirms its position as one of only five donors that respect the commitment given at the United Nations General Assembly in 1970 to devote at least 0.7 % of their GNI to development. In 2012, Luxembourg ranked first ahead of Sweden (0.99 %), Norway (0.93 %), Denmark (0.84 %) and Holland (0.71 %).
It is notable in this respect that the combined ODA of the European Union (EU) decreased from 56.2 billion in 2011 to 55.1 billion in 2012, a drop from 0.45 % to 0.43 % of the EU’s GNI. The EU nevertheless retains its place as leading donor in the world, since it contributes more than half the total ODA destined for developing countries.
