On official development assistance provided by the Republic of Kazakhstan to foreign countries in 2019

On official development assistance provided by the Republic of Kazakhstan to foreign countries in 2019

 

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 2019.

The total amount of official development assistance (hereinafter referred to as ODA) provided by Kazakhstan to foreign countries through bilateral and multilateral channels in 2019 amounted to $ 34.21 million.

Of this amount, $ 26.73 million in aid was provided to the following countries in the form of commodity aid and educational grants:

- Tajikistan (US $ 1,727,101),

- Afghanistan (US $ 212,124),

- Kyrgyzstan (US $ 141,705),

- Mongolia ($46,166),

- Ukraine ($28,871),

- Turkey ($14,587),

- Egypt (9 339 dollars.)

- Vietnam (8 681 USD. USA),

- Belarus (5 551 USD. USA),

- Azerbaijan (1 815 USD. USA),

- Central Asian countries (639 379 USD. USA),

developing countries in Asia (1 037 676 USD. USA),

- countries of the Far East Asian (54 848 USD. USA),

- other developing countries (22 859 000 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 – $ 19,330,000 (including $ 770,000 for education, $ 2,000,000 for health, $ 1,000 for water and sanitation, $ 14,760,000 for public administration and civil society, $ 1,030,000 for conflict resolution and security, and $ 76,000 for other social infrastructure);
2. Economic infrastructure – US $ 2,500,000 (transport, communications and energy supplies);
3. Manufacturing sector – US $ 52,000 (agriculture, fisheries, industry);
4. Multisectoral / cross-cutting sector – US $ 61,000 (environmental protection and other multisectoral sectors);
5. Commodity assistance/program assistance – $ 2,170,000 (food aid, etc.);
6. Humanitarian assistance – US $ 12,000 (in emergency situations for rehabilitation and reconstruction, as well as disaster prevention);
7. Other types of assistance – US $ 1,480,000.

The remainder of the ODA, in the amount of $ 7,480,000, 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.