On official development assistance provided by the Republic of Kazakhstan to foreign countries in 2022

On official development assistance provided by the Republic of Kazakhstan to foreign countries in 2022

In order to implement the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On official development assistance” dated December 10, 2014 and in accordance with the status of “invited” in the Development Assistance Committee (hereinafter – DAC) of the OECD, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, acting as a working body for interaction with the relevant structural division of the OECD, provided a regular statistical report on assistance rendered by the Republic of Kazakhstan to foreign countries in 2022.

The total amount of official development assistance (hereinafter referred to as ODA) provided by Kazakhstan to foreign countries through bilateral and multilateral channels in 2022 amounted to USD 38.64 million.

The main recipients of bilateral assistance in 2022 were:

• Afghanistan (USD 39 million);
• Ukraine (USD 40 million);
• Pakistan (USD 42 million);
• Tajikistan (USD 40 million);
• Kyrgyzstan (USD 40 million).

The above-mentioned amount was transferred for the purpose of providing development assistance, as well as in the following main areas:

• Humanitarian assistance, including emergency response, rehabilitation and reconstruction;
• Economic infrastructure, including transport, communications and energy supply;
• Multisectoral and other areas, including administrative and related expenditures.

The remaining part of ODA was transferred as voluntary and mandatory contributions to various regional and international organizations in order to support the development of developing countries.

The statistical data are available online on the OECD website:
https://www.oecd.org/en/data/dashboards/official-development-assistance-at-a-glance.html

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