Total humanitarian assistance from the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) donors of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) reached US$9.2 billion in 2006 in current prices. While there was a small decrease in both total humanitarian assistance (-6%) and official development assistance (ODA, -5%) compared to 2005, both volumes are significantly higher than for any previous year – and the long-term trend is still upwards. And while total ODA has increased substantially in three of the last four years, humanitarian assistance has maintained a fairly constant 9% share.
