Portuguese Institute for Development Support
The Portuguese Institute for Development Support is a development aid agency under the Portuguese Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Since January 2003, the institute is responsible for the coordination, supervision and direction of the Portuguese official development assistance to developing countries.
The institute focus on the Portuguese-speaking African countries and East Timor. In 2009 these countries absorbed 66% of the bilateral aid disbursed by IPAD. The same year, the institute disbursed a total of approximately 368 million euros in bilateral and multilateral aid. According to the OECD, 2019 official development assistance from Portugal decreased 5.4% to USD 373 million.
In 2012, IPAD was merged with Camões Institute to form Camões - the Institute of Cooperation and Language.
