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W
ater
C
ooperation
, S
ustainability
and
P
overty
E
radication
prevention, water and sanitation projects and agricultural
water security in South-East Asia, dam construction for
agricultural water supply, and the construction and reno-
vation of irrigation canals in Central and South America.
Korea is investing a significant amount in research and
development in the water sector to transfer advanced
technologies, management know-how and institutional
frameworks to developing countries.
The noticeable economic growth of APEC, the politi-
cal stability of the Commonwealth of Independent States
and the rapid growth of Chinese capital markets have
improved the political and economic status of surrounding
countries. Therefore, it is essential to promote long-term
international water cooperation in order to maximize the
national benefit by exchanging experiences and tech-
nologies among countries facing increasing need for the
planning, construction, operation and management of
water infrastructure. Despite the volatile political status
between North and South Korea, there is also undeniably
a new era of cooperation, with an increasing need for infra-
Strategy for Disaster Reduction North-East Asian Office; the Asia-
Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Climate Center; and the
International Water Association’s North-East Asia Office.
Korea received about US$12.7 billion of foreign aid between 1945
and 1999, but paid off all the loans to the World Bank in 1995. Since
then, it has become a donor country. This unprecedented transforma-
tion from aid recipient to donor country culminated in Korea’s joining
the OECD Development Assistance Committee in 2009. Korea has
continued to show its commitment to socioeconomic development
as well as environmental protection in various fields such as water
resources management, environmental protection, poverty eradication,
public health improvement, help for refugees and support for women’s
development. Relevant programmes and projects have been conducted
by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA). Even though
Korean ODA was estimated as 0.12 per cent of gross national income
(GNI) in 2012, which is less than that of Japan and the United States,
the country has pledged to double its ODA budget until 2015.
With regard to Korea’s ODA towards the water sector, relevant
programmes promote various water projects for developing countries in
a variety of fields, including drinking water development in Africa, flood
Period
1993-4
2000-2
1996-7
1997
2006-7
2004-6
1994-6
2002-4
2004-5
2006-8
1997-9
1995-6
2006
2007-8
2006-7
2007-9
2006-8
2004-6
2005-7
Budget (US$ million)
0.73
0.63
0.18
0.36
0.80
1.52
0.79
1.37
0.74
1.49
0.20
0.80
0.25
1.75
0.37
2.42
1.50
0.70
6.00
Grant
Detailed design of hydropower plant in River Modi, Nepal
Detailed design of Chamelia Hydropower Plant, Nepal
Feasibility study of Tadsalen Hydropower, Laos
Levee construction in River Mekong, Laos
Levee restoration and water park, Vientiane, Laos
Feasibility study and detailed design of Karian Multipurpose Dam, Indonesia
Watershed survey of River Bunha; Feasibility study of Maiyeker Dam, China
Restoration of multipurpose reservoirs, Cambodia
Water resources development in the Krang Ponley Basin, Cambodia
Integrated water resources development planning, Cambodia
Construction of Muana Small Hydropower Plant
Potable water development, Ethiopia
Borena well development, Ethiopia
Potable water development in Kiltheaurello, Tigria, Ethiopia
Well development and maintenance, Kenya
Assembo water purification plant, Kenya
Potable water development, Tanzania
Feasibility study of portable water development and water supply systems, Peri
Modernization of water supply and sewage system, Iraq
Primary grants awarded by KOICA
Source: KOICA