The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has extended additional financial support to UNDP in Pakistan for US$ 1.3 million bringing its total contribution to US$ 6.7 million for community infrastructure restoration and rehabilitation in the crisis affected areas of district Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Period covered: January to December 2012

Overview

The DREF allocated a total amount of CHF 22,836,393 in 2012. Seventy-five per cent of the allocations, CHF 17,076,253, were made as grants to small-scale operations implemented by National Societies for which no emergency appeal was launched, known as DREF operations. CHF 5,760,140 was allocated as loans of start-up funding to emergency appeals.

06/05/2013 - Australia delivered USD 5.44 billion in official development assistance (ODA) last year, or 0.36% of its growth national income. It is the eighth most generous country in the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC), which groups the world’s major donors. Australia’s goal is to reach 0.5% of GNI by 2017 – a goal the DAC encourages it to follow through on, given its good track record and relatively strong economy.

L’aide publique au développement est un catalyseur de changement, qui permet d’améliorer les vies de millions de personnes à travers le monde. Oxfam se bat pour que les pays riches tiennent leurs promesses et fournissent une aide importante et efficace aux populations les plus vulnérables.

Parce que la pertinence des programmes d’aide est parfois questionnée, Oxfam America a publié des histoires de vies qui ont été durablement changées grâce à l’aide. Voici celle de Nana Kojo Kondua IV, chef d’un village de pêcheurs au Ghana.

Millions are in need in Syria and the region. The UK is responding by providing hundreds of thousands of people with food, medical care and relief items. Total UK Assistance to date: £141.1 million. The majority of this funding has been given to agencies in response to the priority needs, as described below. £7 million of funding for Syria and the region is currently being allocated to agencies.

Figures on this page are rounded for ease of communication.

UK assistance inside Syria: £83.3 million. Key results include:

Between 2004 and 2012, the number of health facilities in Afghanistan increased from 496 to 2,047, of which 1,680 are primary care facilities and 74% have at least one female staff member (up from 54%). The number of community health workers, of which more than 50% are female, has also dramatically increased to almost 20,000.

Challenge

In 2003, Afghanistan was among the poorest countries in the world, emerging from decades of conflict and in the midst of post-conflict reconstruction and transition, with substantial international security and development support.

Introduction

1. This technical note provides an overview of the current status of 2011-2013 donor pledges made during the Global Fund Third Voluntary Replenishment conference held in New York during 4-5 October 2010. All data provided is as of 31 December 2012.