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S: EC – https://economy-finance.ec.europa.eu/international-economic-relations/international-development-aid_en (last access: 30 June 2024); UN – https://sdgs.un.org/partnerships/humanitarian-aid-and-development-aid-projects-14-countries (last access: 30 June 2024).
N: 1. – development (n): 1756, “a gradual unfolding, a full working out or disclosure of the details of something;” see develop + -ment. Meaning “the internal process of expanding and growing” is by 1796; sense of “advancement through progressive stages” is by 1836.
Of property, with a sense of “a bringing out of the latent possibilities” for use or profit, from 1885 (Pickering’s glossary of Americanisms, 1816, has betterments “The improvements made on new lands, by cultivation, and the erection of buildings, &c.”). Meaning “state of economic advancement” is from 1902.
– aid (n): early 15c., aide, “war-time tax,” also “help, support, assistance,” from Old French aide, earlier aiudha “aid, help, assistance,” from Late Latin adiuta, noun use of fem. of adiutus, past participle of Latin adiuvare “to give help to,” from ad “to” (see ad-) + iuvare “to help, give strength, support, sustain,” which is from a PIE source perhaps related to the root of iuvenis “young person” (see young (adj.)).
- Frequently used as an abbreviation of Official Development Assistance (ODA).
2. Official development assistance (ODA) is defined as government aid that promotes and specifically targets the economic development and welfare of developing countries. The DAC adopted ODA as the “gold standard” of foreign aid in 1969 and it remains the main source of financing for development aid. ODA data is collected, verified and made publicly available by the OECD.
3. Development aid, often called “Official Development Assistance” (ODA), is all the funding or financing provided by public actors from the most well-off countries to improve living conditions in the least well-off countries.
ODA is grants or loans at favorable rates, whose aim is to fund programs to improve access to drinking water, health care, electricity, school, decent housing, or preservation of the environment, etc. This aid helps both to develop long-term projects and to provide humanitarian aid in emergencies. It can focus on small local projects or on very huge policies at a national level.
ODA is implemented by local actors such as ministries, local authorities, banks, professional organizations, NGOs, or even businesses. But the aim is always to help local people.
S: 1. Etymonline – https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=development+aid (last access: 30 June 2024); OECD – https://www.oecd.org/dac/financing-sustainable-development/development-finance-standards/official-development-assistance.htm (last access: 30 June 2024). 2. OECD – https://www.oecd.org/dac/financing-sustainable-development/development-finance-standards/official-development-assistance.htm (last access: 30 June 2024). 3. AFD – https://www.afd.fr/en/development-aid-whats-it-all-about (last access: 30 June 2024).
SYN: development assistance, developmental assistance.
S: TERMIUM PLUS – https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1&srchtxt=DEVELOPMENT+AID&index=alt&codom2nd_wet=1#resultrecs (last access: 30 June 2024)
