At the beginning of 2025, the OECD indicated, based on preliminary data collected, that “in 2024, Official Development Assistance (ODA) fell by 7.1% in real terms compared to 2023, the first drop after five years of consecutive growth.” On top of this decline, it also estimated a “9–17% drop in global ODA in 2025”. This is further compounded by subsequent cuts of aid by various actors and erosion of trust in international cooperation observed in 2025.
The Centre for Global Development (CGD) estimates that the UK’s planned ODA spending shows “a 27% cut in 2026/27 and a 34% cut in 2027/28”, compared to 2024-25.
This webinar, hosted by the Addis Tax Initiative’s (ATI) Consultative Group 4, will look into the role of ODA in building up the capacity of “accountability stakeholders” — including civil society, academia, and the media — around domestic revenue mobilisation.
As a multi-stakeholder-partnership, ATI promotes fair and effective domestic revenue mobilisation (DRM), policy coherence and the social contract through partnerships and knowledge building. In line with the previous Declaration, the Seville Declaration on DRM, adopted in 2025, recognises the importance of accountability stakeholders in fostering equitable, efficient, and transparent tax systems.
ICTD Research Lead Giovanni Occhiali will be presenting on ‘The current state of ODA for DRM and accountability actors in tax and revenue matters’. Visit this page for the full programme.
