Some 36 bilateral and multilateral development donors have made their aid and loan figures available online for the first time, enabling analysts to build a more accurate picture of who is funding what and where.
The donors, not members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC), tend to apportion a greater share of aid to their neighbours than do DAC donors, according to a preliminary study by Axel Dreher of Göettingen University.
Below are the top 10 non-DAC bilateral and multilateral givers in 2007 (the most recent figures available). Saudi Arabia, one of the largest non-DAC donors – giving US$472 million in 2005 – does not feature, as recent figures are not available.
“There is a cultural shift when it comes to expectations of information-sharing,” Owen Barder, an economist with NGO Development Initiatives told IRIN at an Oxford conference launching the donor aid database. “Donors need to liberate their data. It will soon seem strange that you can spend $160 million and not tell anyone how.”
Top 10 non-DAC bilateral donors in 2007:
The donors, not members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC), tend to apportion a greater share of aid to their neighbours than do DAC donors, according to a preliminary study by Axel Dreher of Göettingen University.
Below are the top 10 non-DAC bilateral and multilateral givers in 2007 (the most recent figures available). Saudi Arabia, one of the largest non-DAC donors – giving US$472 million in 2005 – does not feature, as recent figures are not available.
“There is a cultural shift when it comes to expectations of information-sharing,” Owen Barder, an economist with NGO Development Initiatives told IRIN at an Oxford conference launching the donor aid database. “Donors need to liberate their data. It will soon seem strange that you can spend $160 million and not tell anyone how.”
Top 10 non-DAC bilateral donors in 2007:
| Donor Total Commitments (US$) | |
| Kuwait | $667,333,097 |
| Qatar | $95,000,000 |
| South Africa | $53,756,417 |
| Thailand | $16,121,634 |
| Iceland | $7,223,328 |
| Brazil | $6,495,261 |
| Lithuania | $3,167,079 |
| Monaco | $2,899,963 |
| Hungary | $2,696,839 |
| Estonia | $2,307,779 |
| Non-DAC multilateral bank donors in 2007 | |
| European Bank for Reconstruction and Development | $7,662,974,112 |
| Corporación Andina de Fomento | $6,606,000,000 |
| Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development | $1,320,893,178 |
| OPEC | $723,631,400 |
| International Fund for Agricultural Development | $548,528,000 |
| World Bank Managed Trust Funds | $540,617,925 |
| Caribbean Development Bank | $189,073,000 |
| Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa | $179,600,000 |
| World Bank Guarantee | $160,000,000 |
| World Bank Carbon Offset | $102,431,525 |
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