Statistical Reporting System OECD DAC

Simon Scott

Development Cooperation Directorate, OECD28 October 2009

Bratislava, Slovak Republic

What is the DAC?

• Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the OECD.

• 22 Bilateral Donors, plus European Commission (EC).

• Objective: improve development assistance through coordination and collaboration with major stakeholders.

• Collect and synthesize data on aid and foreign assistance and deliver the data to the public.

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DAC Statistics

• Measure resources for development (not just aid) including;

Official Development Assistance (ODA)

Other Official Flows (OOF)

Private Flows

Net Private Grants

• DAC statistics are the only reliable source of both total and comparative data on aid performance

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Definition of ODA Flows

• Commitment: Firm undertaking to provide specified funds

• Disbursement: Actual payment or expenditure of funds

• Grant: Non-repayable

• Loan: Initial Loan plus Repayments. Only report repayments of loan principal, not interest

• Performance assessed on net disbursements

• Net disbursements = disbursements of grants +

disbursements of loans - repayments of loan principal

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DAC Reporters

• Data are collected data from:

All DAC Member Countries Non DAC Donors (voluntary)

Multilateral Agencies (voluntary)

• Limited data on aid only (ODA) from non-DAC members.

• In the future, we hope to improve reporting from non-DACs, multilaterals and foundations.

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Collection Methods – DAC Members

• DAC questionnaire – aggregate level data

• Creditor Reporting System (CRS) – activity level reports

• CRS++ Method

• Both systems based on instructions agreed by members detailed in Statistical Reporting Directives

• Reports supplied by members and other reporters

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Data Collection Timeline

• Advance Questionnaire (AQ)

Data solicitation – Jan/Feb each Year

Reporting Deadline – March 15thDAC Press Release - April (preliminary figures)

• Full DAC Questionnaire

Data solicitation – Jan/Feb each Year

Reporting Deadline – July 15th

DAC Press Release - December

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Current DAC Members

Australia France Luxembourg Sweden

Austria Germany Netherlands Switzerland

Belgium Greece New Zealand United Kingdom

Canada Ireland Norway United States

Denmark Italy Portugal European Commission (Multilateral)

Finland Japan Spain

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DAC Questionnaire

The full DAC Questionnaire consists of the following 7 Tables:

• 1 – Disbursements and Commitments of Official and Private Flows

• 2a – Destination of Official Development Assistance – Disbursements

• 2b – Destination of Other Official Flows – Disbursements

• 3a – Destination of Official Development Assistance – Commitments

• 4 – Destination of Private Direct Investment and Other Private Capital

• 5 - Official Bilateral Commitments (or Gross Disb.) by Sector of Destination

• 7b – Tying Status of Bilateral Official Development Assistance – Commitments

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Creditor Reporting System

CRS Form 1 reports on annual obligations, while CRS Form 2 reports on gross disbursements. Over 30+ variables per form including;

• Recipient Countries (possibility of grouping by continent or by income group)

• Donors (grouped into bilateral and multilateral)• Sectors and Sub-Sectors Codes• Activity/Project Titles and Descriptions• Flows: Grants, Loans, ODA, OOF• Channels of Delivery• Policy Markers (gender equality, environment, PD/GG)• RIO Markers (biodiversity, climate change, desertification)

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Reporting for Non-DAC Donors

• Abbreviated reporting form.

• Records disbursements of aid by recipient.

• Limited presentation of data in DCR; but supplemented by textual information: draft supplied by donor.

• Reporting is voluntary. Current reporters include all non-DAC OECD members (except Mexico), as well as Israel, Arab donors, Israel, Thailand and Baltic states.

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Current Non-DAC Reporters

Bolded countries are the non-DAC OECD Members

* Only textual information reported, no data

Arab Donors Korea, South Romania

Czech Republic Mexico* Slovak Republic

Estonia Latvia Slovenia

Hungary Liechtenstein Thailand

Iceland Lithuania Taiwan

Israel Poland Turkey

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Collection Method – Non DAC/Non OECD Members with annual ODA < USD 50 Million

Abbreviated DAC Table 1

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Collection Method – Non DAC, OECD Members and other donors with annual ODA > USD 50 Million

Abbreviated DAC Table 2a

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TABLE DAC N2a Reporting country: ???DAC QUESTIONNAIRE ON AID FLOWS FROM NON-DAC DONORSDESTINATION OF GRANTS AND CONCESSIONAL LOANS - DISBURSEMENTS Period: 20082009 edition

Exchange rate used: ???Date: ???GNI: ???

ODA % GNI: ???

201 204 205 206D I S B U R S E M E N T S

MILLION US DOLLARS GRANTS LOANS TOTAL

GROSS REPAYMENTSRECIPIENT DISBURSEMENTS OF PRINCIPAL DISBURSEMENTS

( - )

I. EUROPE, TOTAL 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

ALBANIA 071 0.00 BELARUS 086 0.00 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA 064 0.00 CROATIA 062 0.00 MACEDONIA (FYROM) 066 0.00 MOLDOVA 093 0.00 MONTENEGRO 065 0.00 SERBIA 063 0.00 TURKEY 055 0.00 UKRAINE 085 0.00 STATES OF EX-YUGOSLAVIA UNSPECIF. 088 0.00 EUROPE, REGIONAL 089 0.00

Statistical Outputs

• Annual Development Co-operation Report (DCR)

• Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows

• Statistical analysis in Peer Reviews of DAC member’s aid programme

• CD-ROM and on-line access

• External uses, including World Bank publications, Millennium Development Goals and other UN documents, databases and publications15

International Development

Statistics Online

Importance of Data

• Domestic and Foreign Policy/Diplomacy

• Fosters Accountability

• Improves Transparency

• Provides a Platform for DialogueRecipient CountriesOther Donors

• Alignment with International Standard

• Drives Future Policy Decisions16

Establishing a Database

• Collection of facts, both financial and descriptive.

• Living entity – flexible, updatable, ever-expanding.

• Requires a lot of up-front work.

• ASSET. Tool for answering questions and provides the basis for in-dept analysis, and future policy implications.

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Data Collection

• Who will collect the data?

• What is the current mandate for data collection?

Is this type of reporting mandated by law? Agreement between government and

international organization?

• How is the message of importance conveyed?

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Further Information & Resources

• DAC Statistical Reporting Directives:www.oecd.org/dac/stats/dac/directives

• Reporting Directives for the Creditor Reporting System (CRS):www.oecd.org/dac/stats/crs/directives

• How to Report Debt Relief: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/44/22/1894838.pdf

• Other Useful Links:

www.oecd.org/dac/stats/statlinks

www.oecd.org/dac

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