ODA Spending on Modern Slavery: Donors
43 distinct donors committed ODA to projects addressing forms of exploitation covered by SDG 8.7 between 2000 and 2017 – 30 bilateral donors, and 13 multilateral donors. The number of donors committing ODA to projects justified with reference to SDG 8.7 concerns rose steadily each year between 2000 and 2013 – see Figure 6 below. Participation of bilateral donors appears to have declined somewhat since 2014, though due to a data discontinuity at 2013/2014, and the absence of multilateral donors from the later dataset, we caution against direct comparison.
Number of donors committing ODA towards SDG 8.7 concerns, 2000-2017 (Figure 6)
Note: Data discontinuity. Data 2014-2017 is not directly comparable to 2000-2013. Reflected in the 0 break.
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Year-on-year ODA commitments on SDG 8.7 concerns, 2000-2017, USD, bilateral donors (Figure 7)
As well as an increase in the number of donors participating each year, there was also considerable variation in the amount that donors gave, as Figure 7 below makes clear. Again, we caution against comparing patterns in the period 2000-2013 to the 2014-2017 period. Yet certain patterns do stand out clearly, and seem to hold across the two periods, notably the outsized role that the US has played as an ODA donor on these issues. It is the source of 42.8% of the declared bilateral commitments (by value), four times the contribution of the next largest ODA committer in this area (the European Union), and more than 7 times what the next largest donors such as Norway, Germany, Canada, Australia, Spain, Sweden, UK, Switzerland committed.
Note: Data discontinuity. Data 2014-2017 is not directly comparable to 2000-2013. Reflected in the 0 break.
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Portion of total ODA commitments on SDG 8.7 concerns, 2000-2017, by country (Figure 8)
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Year-on-year ODA commitments on SDG 8.7 concerns, 2000-2013, USD, multilateral actors (Figure 9)
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