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OECD DAC Aid Statistics Workshop Presentation Yasmin Ahmad Principal Administrator, Head of Statistical Collections Unit, Statistics and monitoring Division, Development Co-operation Directorate, OECD Marc Tocatlian Administrator, Team Leader, IT coordination & support, web site Unit, Development Co-operation Directorate, OECD

Event Description:

The speakers will take participants through a thorough discussion on Aid Statistics made available on the internet.  The presentation will include a live demonstration of Development data on OECD.STAT (online database at www.oecd.org/dac/stats/idsonline) as well as the Statistical Annex of the Development Co-operation Report 2007 on SourceOECD (at www.sourceoecd.org/developmentreport).  A large proportion of time will be allocated to Questions and Answers.

Background:

The OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC at www.oecd.org/dac) is a unique forum where donor governments (and multilateral organisations like the World Bank and the United Nations) come together to increase the effectiveness of their aid and coordinate their development efforts.
The DAC is:

• Helping to change behavior in the aid system to achieve the best possible results;
• The definitive source of bilateral statistics on the global aid effort;
• A leading source of good practice in development co-operation;
• A unique and neutral forum to bring governments together.

Aid Statistics (DAC/STAT at www.oecd.org/dac/stats)
The DAC collects statistics and information on:

• How much aid donors are giving;
• Which countries receive aid;
• Which sectors (health, agriculture, trade, etc) get the most and which get the least;
• How aid is delivered.

The DAC collects detailed financial and qualitative information on aid flows from its 23 members, from multilateral aid agencies such as the World Bank, the United Nations, and from an increasing number of donors outside the OECD.

All the data collected use standard definitions and categories based on those used by the United Nations to establish international targets for aid flows promoting development.

DAC statistics are unique and used to change behavior
The OECD DAC is the only reliable source of internationally comparable data on foreign aid.

The DAC uses its statistics to monitor member country’s performances against established targets. The data is used:

• In DAC peer reviews;
• To monitor government commitments to increase aid;
• To establish the volume of aid being monitored under the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness.

How to access DAC statistics
The DAC makes this data available free on its website as well as through a variety of analytical and statistical publications.

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