On official development assistance provided by the Republic of Kazakhstan to foreign countries in 2020

In order to implement the Law "On official development assistance" from December 10, 2014 and in accordance with the status of "invited" in the the development assistance Committee (hereinafter DAC) of the OECD, the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan as a working body for interaction with a structural division of the OECD, provided another statistical report on assistance to the Republic of Kazakhstan to foreign countries in 2020.

The total amount of official development assistance (hereinafter referred to as ODA) provided by Kazakhstan to foreign countries through bilateral and multilateral channels in 2020 amounted to $ 37.11 million.

Of this amount, $ 8,83 million in aid was provided to the following countries in the form of commodity aid and educational grants:

- Tajikistan (US $ 4 540 000),

-Afghanistan (US $ 10 000 ),

- Kyrgyzstan (US $ 4 240 000),

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-Uzbekistan ($48 000),

- other developing countries (28 272 000 dollars. USA).

This amount is transferred to the above-mentioned countries for the purpose of providing development assistance, as well as in such areas as:

1. Social infrastructure – $ 12 065 068 (including $ 10 000 for education, $ 2,000,000 for health, $ 9 790 000  for public administration and civil society);
2. Economic infrastructure – US $ 188 589 (transport, communications and energy supplies);
3. Manufacturing sector – US $ 44 000 (agriculture, fisheries, industry);
4. Multisectoral / cross-cutting sector – US $ 717 235 (environmental protection and other multisectoral sectors);
5. Humanitarian assistance – US $  9 488 930 (in emergency situations for rehabilitation and reconstruction, as well as disaster prevention);
6. Other types of assistance – US $ 7 682 101.

The remainder of the ODA has been transferred as voluntary and mandatory contributions to various regional international organizations to assist the development of developing countries.

The statistical report is available online on the OECD website. 

https://stats.oecd.org/qwids/#?x=1&y=6&f=4:1,2:1,3:51,5:3,7:1&q=4:1+2:1+3:51+5:3+7:1+1:204+6:2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019 and will be published in the annual Development Co-operation Report of the DAC.

The publication of Kazakhstan's ODA data in the official OECD DAC reports serves as an international recognition of Kazakhstan's activities as a donor country.