group, oDA represented 0.35 per cent of their GNP, corresponding flgures for oPEc countries beinq at an estlnated 1.5 per cent (tabte I2). Even nith only about one third of oDA allocateat to low-incone countriea it proviiled more than ?5 per cent of their external capital durlng the I9?0s. For the low-lncome countrieE in sub-Saharan Africa, ODA aoounted to I Per cent of thelr GNP and 40 per cent of their imports during the pagt feu years, signlfying the heaw rellance of tbese countries on such concesaionary flows- Table 12. Official developoent assistance (ODA) to aleveloplng counbrles a/ !,/ 1970 1975 1980 198 21983 198r ODA (billions of Us dollars) Total (from oECD and OPEC countries) Of wbich: OECD countrie6 OPEC countrles ODA (as percentage of donor GlilP ! OECD countrles oPEC countries7.35 20.09 5.95 13.85 0.40 6.2434.07 33.62 33.04 25.54 27.73 27.56 8.53 5.89 5'48 0.34 0. 36 2.9236 .8s ?7 .26 9.59 0.38 2.2L0.35 1.9 30.38 0,361.65 1.50 re: oEcD, DevelgEge!$@,' 1980' 1983 an'l 1984' Z/ Refers to developing market econonles only. bJ Accordlng to statenents made at the relevant bodies of the unite'l wation-s, data on ODA to tleveloping countries (lncLuding both market and planned eeonomles) from selectedl CMEA countries tre available. For lnstancet ODA fron the USSR accounteal for 1 per cent of its lGiP in 1975-1980, 1-3 per cent in I98l an'l 1.27 per cent in 1982. slrllar figures for the German Democratic Republic were 0.78 per cent in 1981 and 0.79 per cent 1n 1982, and for czechoslvakia, O.?8 per cent of tts natlonal income ln 1983. (Eggg: documents A/c'2/37/5 oE 2l Ociober LgSz, A/C.2/3g/fl of.7 Deceober 1984 and letter of the Peroanent lrlission of the ussR to th€ united Nations alatedl 4 June 1984 addressed to the united lilationg statistlcal office). rhe correspondlng figure for Bulgarla in 1976-1981 was
**Analysis**
The text appears to discuss the flow of financial resources from developed countries to developing countries, specifically in the context of official development assistance (ODA). The data provided highlights the significance of ODA in the external capital of developing countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. This suggests that the text is related to economic development and international cooperation.

**Category**
Economic development, International trade