ABSTRACT
This paper aims to analyse the Official Development Assistance (ODA) of the Czech Republic and assess whether the country has progressed towards being one of those well-established donors that are members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) or whether it has chosen a different direction with reference to its transition experience. The first part of the paper analyses the institutional establishment of Czech ODA and compares it with the OECD DAC management systems of development assistance. The second part of the paper analyses the financial contributions of the Czech development assistance programme and evaluates whether the country complies with internationally agreed commitments. The third part of the paper uses the Commitment to Development Index (CDI) to measure the effectiveness of Czech development assistance. More specifically, the paper focuses on only one component of the CDI – foreign aid. The paper briefly explains the methodology of the component and applies it to the Czech Republic. The results are interpreted and compared with other countries, members of the OECD DAC, for whom the index was computed.
