Italian aid in 2009

By analysing the commitments of the development aid activities approved by the Italian development cooperation in 2009, it is possible to estimate sectoral and regional priorities for the Italian development cooperation implemented via the Foreign Affairs budget during the Italian Presidency of the G8. Italy committed more than 500 million euro from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs budget - 25% in loans. Despite the Italian commitment to allocate 50% of the development cooperation budget to the sub-Saharan Africa, 21% was allocated to the Middle east while the Sub-Saharan region received only 8.3%. According to the 2008 DAC statistics, 38% of the bilateral Italian aid, net of debt relief, was tied, while the 2009 value is estimated still on decrease - at 28%. The MFA systems also allows to track the MDG commitments, as well. In 2009 the best funded MDG was MDG 1 (25%), followed by MDG 7 (3.5%) and MDG 4 (2.8%).