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Donor profile: Australia

Member of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) since 1966.

In 2010, Australia met its aim to reach AUD 4 billion in official development assistance (ODA), delivering USD 3.85 billion − a 12.1% increase in real terms over 2009. Its ODA volume amounts to 0.32% of its gross national income (GNI) − up from 0.29% in 2009 − as it aims to raise this ratio to 0.5% by 2015-16.

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Our Aid Statistics team compiles the definitive international data on aid flows from reporting by the DAC's 24 members, and by non-OECD countries and multilateral organisations.

Total net official development assistance from DAC donors totalled USD 129 billion in 2010, the highest level ever, and an increase of 6.5% over 2009. This represents about 0.32% of the combined gross national income (GNI) of DAC member countries.

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DAC members regularly review each other's aid systems, approaches and co-operation. We support and facilitate this peer review process and provide recommendations on how each reviewed country can improve or accelerate its efforts to reach its development targets. From these reviews, we identify 12 lessons to ensure that agencies in charge of development co-operation can manage aid more effectively.

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