The official development assistance (ODA) has an internationally agreed definition and its measurement has been based on a standard methodology for more than 50 years. However, work on aid terminology, and the debate on the appropriateness and credibility of the concept still continue. The size of development aid provided by donor countries is calculated based on various definitions. These definitions, especially the definition of official development assistance (ODA), have immense significance for the assessment and measurement of aid figures and performances. This study critically examines the origins and the evolution of the concept of official development assistance (ODA) to demonstrate how the vagueness of its definition and the inconsistencies in its measurement contribute to the manipulation and exaggeration of aid figures and performances by the OECD-DAC donor countries.
Eurasia Studies, which started its publication life in 1994, is a national refereed journal that has been published regularly for a quarter of a century with a rich content . The journal aims to increase the international academic influence of TIKA in its development cooperation studies by processing the experience of the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) in the field and the knowledge of the academic community in a cyclical process.
