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Glossary:Development Assistance Committee (DAC)

The Development Assistance Committee, or DAC, is the principal body through which the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) deals with issues related to co-operation with developing countries. The DAC comprises 22 Member States and the European Commission.

DAC countries refers to ’developing countries and territories’ within DAC's List of Aid Recipients.

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