The Republic of Korea is one of few countries to have gone from recipient of official development assistance (ODA) to joining the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC). The Republic of Korea's transition and graduation from ODA was completed more than 20 years ago, therefore providing an...

Botswana is one of the few upper-middle-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa and aspires to become a high-income country by 2036. According to OECD estimates, Botswana is expected to graduate from the list of official development assistance (ODA) eligible countries by 2030. This report...

Chile's development assistance landscape includes a low dependency on aid flows and fully restored relationships with "developed" countries following its transition to democracy in the early 1990s. Chile has experienced the transition from aid in full, completing this process with its formal...

Mexico is a large upper-middle-income country (UMIC) in the midst of transition from aid, with gross national income per capita of $8,610 in 2017. Despite aid flows falling in the 1990s and stagnating in the early 2000s, they have been rising since 2008 to support the climate change and security...

This report synthesises the experiences of four countries - Botswana, Chile, Mexico and the Republic of Korea - in the transition from aid and graduation from official development assistance (ODA). It presents research on the management of the transition from aid, cooperation with deveopment...

Ian Bremmer published a treatise on the stability of states built on the notion that states fall along a curve resembling a slanted "J" when plotting their stability against openness. States in the turnover process are considered unstable, and are at risk of either reversing to a closed and...

This paper investigates whether the current effectiveness agenda-agreed during the 2011 Busan High Level Forum on Development Effectiveness-continues to define best practice in development amidst a rapidly changing development landscape. To do so, we surveyed officials from development agencies...

Elaborating on PAsinetti (1998), the 'Geometry of Debt Sustainability' - GDS - represents a simple analytical tool for the analysis of the long run sustainability of foreign debt. GDS provides a simple analysis of three aspects of debt sustainability. It points up how the 'structural' aspect -...

Over the past 15 years, 35 low-income countries have joined the ranks of the world's middle-income countries. By 2030, a further 29 countries are expected to graduate from the list of countries eligible for official development assistance. These trends reflect the strong and sustained economic...

Over the past 15 years, 35 low-income countries have joined the ranks of the world's middle-income countries. By 2030, a further 29 countries are expected to graduate from the list of countries eligible for official development assistance. These trends reflect the strong and sustained economic...