|target_countries= The development cooperation with Asia covers 19 countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, DPR Korea, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philipinnes, Sri lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.
As Brunei, Chinese Taipei (Taiwan), Hong Kong, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Macao and Singapore are industrialised countries, they are not covered by the [httphttps://eur-lexec.europa.eu/lexeuropeaid/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2006:378:0041:0071:EN:PDF development-cooperation-instrument-dci-2014-2020_en Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI)]. They are benefiting from the so-called instrument for cooperation with industrialised and other high-income countries and territories - this instrument is allocated a budget of EUR 172 million for the period 2007-2013.
East Timor is considered as an ACP country, and as such is covered by the European Development Fund (EDF).