Multidimensional fragility in 2020

Abstract

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Financing in fragile contexts

“…The latest available year of reporting is 2018, and these data are reported as gross ODA disbursements in USD 2018 prices. Aggregate information on ODA is taken from "States of fragility and official development assistance" a companion working paper by Desai (2020 [34]); unless otherwise indicated, these figures represent net ODA disbursements in USD 2018 prices. Any analysis comparing extremely fragile, other fragile and non-fragile contexts does not include regional or unspecified ODA.…”

“…Any analysis comparing extremely fragile, other fragile and non-fragile contexts does not include regional or unspecified ODA. While most of the analysis in the Desai (2020 [34]) paper focuses on DAC member donors, the analysis in this working paper, unless otherwise stated, includes all development partners that report their financial information to the CRS.…”

“…These COVID-19 impacts mean that fragile contexts may become even more aid dependent, at least in the short term (Ratha et al, 2020 [32]; UNCTAD, 2020 [33]). In 2018, the average aid dependency of extremely fragile contexts, as measured by the ratio of ODA to gross national income, amounted to 19% (OECD, 2020 [20]; Desai, 2020 [34]).…”

“…A significant proportion of ODA is made up of humanitarian and/or peace financing, in addition to development financing: DAC members gave 25% of their bilateral ODA in fragile contexts in 2018 to the humanitarian pillar, 62% to the development pillar and 13% to the peace pillar 4 (Desai, 2020 [34]). Each element of the nexus brings its own principles, architecture, partnerships and comparative advantages.…”

“…The analysis was based on OECD Creditor Reporting System data on private finance mobilised between 2012-17 to the contexts categorised as fragile by the OECD in 2018 4. The list of OECD purpose codes for ODA that map to each pillar of the HDP nexus is included in "States of fragility and official development assistance", another background paper to States of Fragility 2020 by Desai (2020[34]) . This list is also available on the States of Fragility platform at www3.compareyourcountry.org/states-of-fragility/overview/0/ 5.…”