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Development Finance
- Aid Commitments vs Disbursements: Read the Difference — An aid commitment records an obligation to provide specified resources; a disbursement records resources actually made available under the reporting rules.
- What Is Official Development Assistance (ODA)? — Official development assistance (ODA) is the OECD Development Assistance Committee's measure of donor effort for government support whose main objective…
Development Indicators
- What Does the Gini Index Measure? A Worked Example — The Gini index summarizes how unequally income or consumption is distributed within a population.
- What Does the Human Development Index Measure? — The Human Development Index (HDI) is a UNDP summary measure of average achievement in three dimensions: a long and healthy life, knowledge, and a decent…