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Luxembourg’s development assistance is reliable and the country scores highly on results-based management of its funds in an international ranking, but it could do better on prioritising payments and transparency.
The Quality of Official Development Assistance (QuODA) report measures and compares development aid providers multilateral organisations and countries on their effectiveness and quality.
In the 2021 edition of the report, Luxembourg ranked 22nd overall, out of a list of 49 countries and entities assessed. Looking at bilateral aid paid by countries only, the grand duchy ranked 12th out of 29 places.
QuODA assesses 17 criteria, divided into four different categories. Luxembourg’s best score was in the evaluation category, where it scored highly on its evaluation systems and results-based management systems.
Quality of Official Development Assistance (QuODA) is a tool for comparing performance across dimensions of aid quality across 49 of the largest bilateral and multilateral agencies. QuODA provides a quantitative assessment of providers efforts where they have made commitments and where evidence and experience suggest lead to better development outcomes.