2025 will likely go down in history as the year donors set fire to their international development commitments. Countries across the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC)—those who traditionally provide Official Development Assistance (ODA)—have slashed their aid budgets and signalled their priorities lie elsewhere. Cuts have already started, and will steepen into 2026.
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Charting the Fallout of Aid Cuts: Which Countries Will be Hit Hardest, as Multiple Donors Cut Budgets?
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