Improving Aid Statistics for Enhanced Development Reporting
Enhancing aid statistics is crucial for transparent and accountable reporting on Official Development Assistance (ODA). This presentation covers the definition of ODA, the 0.7% target, international reporting, UK ODA statistics, and strategies for improving statistical outputs. Learn about the significance of ODA, its recipients, and why the British government uses it. Understand how the UK engages in international reporting through the OECD DAC and the Working Party for Statistics.
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How do we improve our aid statistics? Sian Rasdale, Sam Kutnick & Jane Casey
Presentation overview Introduction What is ODA? What is the 0.7% target? International reporting of ODA UK ODA statistics UK aid spend in 2013 Improvements to DFID s statistical outputs
Definition of Official Development Assistance (ODA) DAC List of ODA Recipients Official flows Multilateral Organisations Primary purpose is the economic development and welfare of developing country Concessional in character and conveys a grant element of at least 25 per cent
What is ODA? Temporary assistance to refugees from developing countries Sponsoring athletes from developing countries travel costs Research into tropical diseases Activities designed to combat terrorism The supply of military equipment and services Training of police.
What is ODA? Temporary assistance to refugees from developing countries Sponsoring athletes from developing countries travel costs Research into tropical diseases Activities designed to combat terrorism The supply of military equipment and services Training of civilian police.
Why the British Government uses ODA? Target to spend 0.7% of GNI on aid in 2013 DFID and other UK government departments spend money on aid which contributes to this target ODA provides the internationally recognised definition to report on aid spend in clear, transparent and accountable way the OECD oversee this.
International Reporting - how the UK engages The Working Party for Statistics (WP-STAT) and the DAC Secretariat governs the reporting around ODA. The UK follows these guidelines, participates in this International Working Party and Reports ODA twice a year to the OECD estimates of ODA The UK assists with technical work of the WP-STAT at a statistical level and also works on the modernisation of ODA at a political level
Allows international Comparison / track global ODA to developing countries In 2012, $127bn globally, was spent on ODA Allows comparisons between different donors
What the UK does to collect, analyse and disseminate data on aid Collect Analyse Disseminate - UK data disseminated in National Statistics Publication OECD DAC disseminates detailed microdata on UK ODA spend (with project info) - The UK collects data from all ODA spending government departments and combined with DFID data Quality Assurance is run on the data collected Return QA d data to the OECD DAC - Data analysed on 2 basis ODA and GPEX for NS Pubs Analysis mainly around global comparisons, sector breakdowns and regional breakdowns of spend. DAC analyses global ODA data - - - - -
Provisional UK aid spend in 2013 ODA, m ODA as % of GNI 14,000 0.8 0.7 UN target 0.7 12,000 0.6 10,000 0.5 8,000 0.4 6,000 0.3 4,000 0.2 2,000 0.1 0 0 1980 1991 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Provisional UK aid spend in 2013 4.8bn Multilateral ODA 6.7bn Bilateral ODA 11.4bn Total ODA Percentage change 2012 - 2013 50 46% 31% 30 21% 10 -10 Total ODA Bilateral Multilateral
What we know so far in 2013: Breakdown of aid spend by government department
Profile of UK aid spend 2012: where the UKs bilateral aid is spent
Our National Statistics Publications Statistics on International Development (2013) Provisional ODA as a Proportion of GNI
Statistics on International Development Provides an overview of official UK spend on international development covering: Total UK spend on international development for the latest 2012 calendar year Trends over the past 5 years Key breakdowns by destination country or organisation, type of assistance and purpose International comparisons
ODA vs GPEX ODA GPEX Official Development Assistance Gross Public Expenditure International measure of aid spend Figures on calendar year basis Based on net flows of aid Only includes aid to recipients (countries and organisations) defined to be eligible by the DAC Detailed project information reported using DAC categories National measure of aid spend Figures on financial year basis Based on gross flows of aid Includes aid to all countries Includes total core contributions to organisations Detailed project information reported using DFID categories
Types of information on bilateral ODA currently reported Total grants, total non grants Recipient country & region Top 20 recipients Government Department Recipient country by Government Dept Sector Type of aid
Types of information on multilateral ODA currently reported Subscriptions & promissory notes (of which IDA, regional dev banks) Total grants (of which UN & EC) Multilateral agency spend by country
How do we improve the SID? UK v GPEX v ODA International comparisons Commentary v Graphics Detailed hot topics v general overview Multilateral v Bilateral Detailed tables v summary tables & raw data
Thank you! For more information please see: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for- international-development/about/statistics Our short user consultation will be posted there next week Contact details: Neil Jackson (N-Jackson@dfid.gsx.gov.uk) Sian Rasdale (S-Rasdale@dfid.gsx.gov.uk) Sam Kutnick (S-Kutnick@dfid.gsx.gov.uk) Jane Casey (J-Casey@dfid.gsx.gov.uk)
