OECD Development

Since 2006, #Aid4Trade has helped developing economies improve infrastructure and strengthen their capacity to export. A 🆕 #OECD–@WTO report examines the results, persistent barriers & lessons for future development partnerships. 🔗Read the report: oe.cd/6Nc

Rising debt repayments, high borrowing costs and declining development finance are putting pressure on investment across Africa. Join #OECDAfricaForum to explore financing challenges, investment opportunities and policy options across the continent. 🔗 oe.cd/6N7

Private finance for biodiversity has grown fourteen-fold since 2017, but accounts for less than 4% of private finance mobilised for development. Explore @OECD data on how private investment in biodiversity is changing and where gaps remain. 🔗oe.cd/6MX #COP17

Biodiversity-specific development finance reached a record USD 18.9 billion in 2024, but most went to projects where biodiversity was a secondary objective. Explore @OECD data on financing trends and the growing role of multilateral institutions. 🔗oe.cd/6MX

Biodiversity supports jobs, food security and economic growth, yet financing for nature restoration remains limited. A new @OECD article examines national approaches to biodiversity protection, including Brazil's efforts to address deforestation. 🔗oe.cd/6MO

The next LAC-DAC Co-Lab on Development Co-operation will bring together development co-operation providers from Latin America and the Caribbean and members of the @OECD Development Assistance Committee. 📅 27 Oct | 16:00 WET | Lisbon 🔗Register: oe.cd/6Mn

Norway has worked with partner countries and international organisations to improve statistics on refugees, displaced and stateless people, helping strengthen both national data systems and international standards. 🔗 Download the @OECD Guidance: oe.cd/6Le #LNOB

More equitable partnerships are about who gets to shape priorities and decisions. When developing its national multidimensional poverty index, the Planning Institute of Jamaica held focus groups with 357 people across 17 rural and urban communities. 🔗 oe.cd/6Le

In 2024, with support from the World Bank, Côte d’Ivoire refinanced EUR 400 million of commercial debt, replacing more expensive debt with a cheaper, longer-term loan. The transaction is expected to help financing the construction of 33 schools. 🔗 oe.cd/6Le

Poverty and inequality commitments can lose focus as they move from high-level strategies into operational decisions. Spain provides one example of how these objectives can be anchored at the highest level and then carried into strategic planning. 🔗 oe.cd/6Le

Ahead of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, @OECD data show extreme poverty is increasingly concentrated in countries and regions facing the greatest needs, while their share of ODA has fallen from earlier peaks. 🔗Read more: oe.cd/6Le #IDEP2026

Poverty and inequality reduction is a core objective of development co-operation. In practice, outcomes are shaped by a much wider set of factors. The new @OECD Guidance groups these choices around four connected priorities. 🔗 Guidance highlights: oe.cd/6Le

The new @OECD Guidance explains why poverty and inequalities need to be addressed together and outlines how development partners can strengthen their focus and impact. 🔗Download the Guidance: oe.cd/6Lb 🔗Register to attend the launch event: oe.cd/6L8

The new @OECD Guidance provides strategic and operational advice to help development partners turn commitments into practice across the policy and programming cycle. 🔗Register to attend the launch event: oe.cd/6L8 🔗Download the Guidance: oe.cd/6Lb

The new @OECD report on informal employment shows that many informal workers depend more directly on the natural environment for their livelihoods and have fewer resources to adapt when environmental shocks occur. 🔗 Download the report: oe.cd/6Kz

The new @OECD report finds that traditional automation poses a particular challenge for informal workers. Across the countries analysed, 77% of informal workers perform routine or non-routine manual tasks, compared with 42% of formal ones. 🔗 Read more: oe.cd/6Kz

Across countries covered by the new @OECD report, only 52% of older people receive pension benefits. As populations age, gaps in pension protection are particularly pronounced among women, rural populations and poorer households. 🔗 Download the report: oe.cd/6Kz

The new @OECD report on informal employment identifies several areas for policy action, which combine measures to protect workers from immediate risks with longer-term efforts to expand access to more productive and secure livelihoods. 🔗 Read more: oe.cd/6Kz

The latest @OECD data show wide differences within the informal economy, alongside major gaps in protection and exposure to global changes. Low-, middle- and high-paid informal workers coexist, with very different capacities and vulnerabilities. 🔗 oe.cd/6Kz

Informal employment is often associated with low pay and insecurity, but the picture is more complex. In countries analysed in a new @OECD report, 81% of workers living in poor households are informal, yet 16% of informal workers are in high-paid jobs. 🔗 oe.cd/6Kz