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OFID Quarterly is published four times a year by the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID).


OFID is the development finance agency established in January 1976 by the Member States of OPEC (the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) to promote South-South cooperation by extending development assistance to non-OPEC developing countries.


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COMMENT


Data, World Health Day and international development


6-19 SPECIAL FEATURE


A quarrel of statisticians The OFID Quarterly attends the 50th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission and interviews some of the world's leading statisticians. Do we have enough data to measure development?


20-27 OFID IN THE FIELD


20-23 Targeting trachoma in Tigray, Ethiopia


24-25 Turkey’s healthcare transformation program


26-27 Healthcare excellence in Suriname


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EVENT


5th Humanitarian Congress at the University of Vienna, Austria


PERSPECTIVES


A ramp-up of renewables – are we on track?


OFID DIARY January – March 2019


DEVELOPMENT NEWS


28-31 Refugees and host communities: Policies for protection and development


OFID supports international trade and SMEs in Georgia


Trade finance and SMEs in Burkina Faso


34-35 Cuba’s water challenges 36-37 Armenia: powered by diversity


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