1. Canada’s official development assistance (ODA) to developing countries and multilateral institutions measured on a Development Assistance Committee basis, totaled 0.32 percent of GNP in 1996 (US$1,796 million), compared with 0.38 percent in 1995 and 0.46 percent in 1992 (see tabulation below). The government remains committed to reaching a target for ODA of 0.7 percent of GNP, as Canada’s fiscal situation permits.

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1. Canada’s official development assistance (ODA) to developing countries and multilateral institutions measured on a Development Assistance Committee basis, totaled 0.32 percent of GNP in 1996 (US$1,796 million), compared with 0.38 percent in 1995 and 0.46 percent in 1992 (see tabulation below). The government remains committed to reaching a target for ODA of 0.7 percent of GNP, as Canada’s fiscal situation permits.

IX. Official Development Assistance

1. Canada’s official development assistance (ODA) to developing countries and multilateral institutions measured on a Development Assistance Committee basis, totaled 0.32 percent of GNP in 1996 (US$1,796 million), compared with 0.38 percent in 1995 and 0.46 percent in 1992 (see tabulation below). The government remains committed to reaching a target for ODA of 0.7 percent of GNP, as Canada’s fiscal situation permits.

Canada: Official Development Assistance 1/

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Includes traditional ODA measured on a DAC basis, and excludes aid programs for transition economies.

2. ODA priorities are: (i) basic human needs; (ii) women in development; (iii) infrastructure services; (iv) human rights, democracy, and good governance; (v) private sector development; and (vi) the environment. Canada’s ODA targets countries in Africa, Asia, and the Americas, and the majority of ODA is distributed to low-income countries, particularly in Africa. Canada also provides support to countries in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

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