 After the fall of Communism in Europe in the early 1990s the Eastern European countries and the Soviet Union, which had formerly been donors of aid,
became aid recipients, albeit wealthier ones than most developing countries.Because of this and because some formerly poor East Asian countries were now middle-income, the DAC in 1993 divided the list of recipients into two parts, on the basis of national income.Only aid to countries in the lower income part (Part I) counted as ODA.