Global Governance Policy Brief & Highlights Tracking ODA for Reducing Poverty and Inequalities – 2025 Canadian Aid Trends Highlights Explore Canadian Official Development Assistance trends through a poverty and inequality lens. / Resource Centre / Global Governance / Tracking ODA for Reducing Poverty and Inequalities – 2025 Canadian Aid Trends Highlights The document provides highlights on tracking Canadian Official Development Assistance (ODA) for reducing poverty and inequality. It introduces the Core Poverty Accountability Standard, a new metric to assess whether Canada’s ODA is reaching the countries, communities and sectors most directly linked to poverty reduction. The document also examines recent trends in poverty-focused ODA, including its changing share of Canadian assistance, key areas of allocation and the role of different delivery channels.