Donor Funding for Health in Low- & Middle-Income Countries, 2002-2013 – Conclusion – 7679-07

In the wake of the Sustainable Development Summit and adoption of the SDGs by the global community, this analysis provides updated trends in donor funding for low- and middle-income countries. It shows that while donors have increased total ODA over the period between 2002 and 2013 period, health has grown as a share of total ODA, reflecting its priority among donors. In addition, 2013 marked the greatest increase in donor funding for health over the entire period. Given the OECD’s announcement that total ODA in 2014 remained essentially flat,1 and the development of new health targets as part of the SDGs, how health, which has been an important sector for donors, fares in the future years will be important to assess.

Endnotes
  1. It is possible that these sub-sectors receive funding reported in other sub-sectors (e.g., training categorized as HIV/AIDS/STDs). For example, the U.S. Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator reported to Congress that in FY 2008, PEPFAR provided an estimated $310 million to support training activities and supported close to 130,000 health care workers (see: US State Department Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator, Celebrating Life: The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief 2009 Annual Report to Congress). Such disaggregation, however, is not possible through the DAC or CRS databases.

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