1. International Development Cooperation: Theory & Practice
SNU GSIS
ODA in Figures Introduction to OECD database & Key Indicators for ODA Research

2. Online Databases for ODA Research
OECD Data Formats
DAC aggregate data
more complete, especially for early years
CRS (Creditor Reporting System)
Activity-level data
@ OECD IDS (International Development Statistics) online databases [link]
or by theme>development
@ QWIDS (Query Wizard) [link]
Other sources
aidflows.org: Easy and intuitive access to core data on development (provided by OECD, WB & ADB)
AidData.org

3. Datasets and coverage

4. Aggregate Data: Donor & Flow

5. Aggregate Data: Donor & Sector

6. Terms & Categories Terms you need to be familiar with: Donors
DAC members, other bilateral donors, multilateral organizations, private donors
Recipients
over 200 countries (*ODA-eligible recipients [list])
Flow type
gross/net disbursement, commitment
Finance type
grants, loans
Amount type
current/constant prices
Aid type
Bilateral
Budget support,
Project-type interventions,
Technical assistance,
Debt relief,
Administrative costs…
Multilateral
Contribution to: UN, WB group, etc.
Tying status
tied, untied (DAC7b)
Purpose
26 main sector categories, sub-categories

7. Terms & Categories Is this ODA? Sector and purpose codes [link]
Administrative costs of ODA programmes
Tuition costs of students from developing countries studying in donor country
Research
Refugees in donor countries
Military service
Sector and purpose codes [link]
3-digit sector codes
5-digit purpose codes
Delivery Channels

8. Sector Classification
* Total 246 sectors (CRS codes)
Sector allocable
Social Infrastructure & Services
Education, Health, Population, WSS, civil society, etc.
Economic Infrastructure & Services
Transport, Communication, Energy, Financial services, etc.
Production
Agriculture, industry, mining, construction, trade policies, tourism, etc.
Multi-sector/cross-cutting
Environment, gender, urban/rural development, research, etc.
Commodity aid
Food, others
Action relating to Debt
Humanitarian aid
Emergency relief/food aid, etc.
Administrative costs of donors
Refugees in donor countries
Unallocated/unspecified

9. Other terms Country Programmable Aid (CPA) Policy objective markers
Aid that can be programmed by the donor at partner country level
Excludes non-CPA expenditures (e.g. humanitarian aid, debt relief, administrative costs etc.) from gross ODA figures
Policy objective markers
Environmental sustainability, gender, good governance, etc.

10. Delivery Channels Delivery Channels
Definition: the first implementing partner that has implementing responsibility over the funds and is normally linked to the extending agency by a contract or other binding agreement, and is directly accountable to it
CRS Code
Channel Category
10000
Public Sector Institutions (government)
- donor, recipient, third country governments
20000
NGOs and Civil Society
- international, donor-based, developing country-based
30000
PPPs and Networks
40000
Multilateral Organizations
- UN Agencies, EU, IMF, WB, WTO, RDB, others…
50000
Other
- university, college or other teaching institution, research institute, etc.
Each channel agency has five-digit channel code, for major INGOs, PPPs and multilateral organizations.

11. Aid channels (Aid Architecture, World Bank 2008)

12. Aid Flows (Trends and Issues in Development Aid, Kharas 2007)
(billion dollars, 2005)

13. ODA in Figures
DAC countries' total net resource flows to developing countries,

14. ODA in Figures
ODA over the past 50 years

15. ODA in Figures
ODA by largest bilateral donors since 1970

16. ODA in Figures
DAC donor countries aid,

17. ODA in Figures
ODA by sector since 1996

18. ODA in Figures
Social sector ODA by donor

19. ODA in Figures
Economic and production sector ODA by donor

20. Overall trends

21. Trends in regional distribution

22. Regional distribution: comparisonsf

23. Trends in regional distribution

24. Distribution by Income Group

25. Trends by Sector

26. Tying Status

27. Useful site on M/SDGs & other indicators
MDGs Indicators Official Site (link)
Official list of MDG indicators (link)
MDGs progress reports ( ) (link)
SDGs Indicators Official Site (link)
Official list of SDG indicators (Link)
UNDP
MDG Monitor (link)
Human Development Reports (link) & Indicators (link)
World Bank
MDG Data Dashboards (link)
World Development Indicators (link)

28. MDG Indicators Goal 1. Eradicating Extreme Poverty and Hunger Target
1.A: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than one dollar a day
1.B: Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people
1.C: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger
Indicators
1.1: Proportion of population below $1 (PPP) per day
1.2: Poverty gap ratio
1.3: Share of poorest quintile in national consumption
1.4: Growth rate of GDP per person employed
1.5: Employment-to-population ratio
1.6: Proportion of employed people living below $1 (PPP) per day
1.7: Proportion of own-account and contributing family workers in total employment
1.8: Prevalence of underweight children under-five years of age
1.9: Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption

29. MDG Indicators Target Indicators
2.A: Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling
3.A: Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education, preferably by 2005, and in all levels of education no later than 2015
4.A: Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate
Indicators
2.1 Net enrolment ratio in primary education
2.2 Proportion of pupils starting grade 1 who reach last grade of primary
2.3 Literacy rate of year-olds, women and men
3.1 Ratios of girls to boys in primary, secondary and tertiary education
3.2 Share of women in wage employment in the non-agricultural sector
3.3 Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament
4.1 Under-five mortality rate
4.2 Infant mortality rate
4.3 Proportion of 1 year-old children immunised against measles

30. MDG Indicators Goal 8. Develop a global partnership for development
Target
8.A: Develop further an open, rule-based, predictable, non-discriminatory trading and financial system
8.B: Address the special needs of the least developed countries
8.C: Address the special needs of landlocked developing countries and small island developing States
8.F: In cooperation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies, especially information and communications
Indicators
8.1 Net ODA, total and to the least developed countries, as percentage of DAC donors' gross national income
8.2 Proportion of total bilateral, sector-allocable ODA of DAC donors to basic social services
8.3 Proportion of bilateral ODA of DAC donors that is untied
8.6 Proportion of total developed country imports (by value and excluding arms) from developing countries and least developed countries, admitted free of duty
8.7 Average tariffs imposed by developed countries on agricultural products and textiles and clothing from developing countries
8.8 Agricultural support estimate for OECD countries as a percentage of their gross domestic product
8.9 Proportion of ODA provided to help build trade capacity
8.14 Fixed telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
8.15 Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
8.16 Internet users per 100 inhabitants
Basic social services: basic education, primary health care, nutrition, safe water and sanitation

31. Aid Quality & Governance Indicators
Development, Aid and Governance Indicators (DAGI)
Brookings Institution
Six indicators
Aid Volumes (Country Programmable Assistance)
Aid Quality (Quality of Official Development Assistance)
Aid Risk (Vulnerability of Aid Indexes)
Governance (Worldwide Governance Indicators)
Middle Class
Poverty

32. DAGI Indicators
Aid Quality (Quality of Official Development Assistance)
assessment of the quality of official development assistance. Donors are assessed using 31 indicators grouped into four dimensions of aid quality: maximizing efficiency, fostering institutions, reducing burden, and transparency and learning
available for 23 donor countries and 8 multilateral agencies
Aid Risk (Vulnerability of Aid Indexes)
risk that each dollar of net development aid disbursed ends up in a corrupt or misgoverned recipient country
Corruption VAI, Governance VAI
Governance (Worldwide Governance Indicators)
quality of governance on six dimensions of governance: Voice and Accountability, Political Stability and Absence of Violence, Government Effectiveness, Regulatory Quality, Rule of Law, and Control of Corruption
available for 211 countries, 1996, 1998, 2000,

34. Q & A
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