Statistical Reporting System OECD DAC

1. Statistical Reporting System OECD DAC Simon Scott Development Cooperation Directorate, OECD28 October 2009 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

2. 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.

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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.

6. 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

7. Data Collection Timeline • Advance Questionnaire (AQ) • Data solicitation – Jan/Feb each Year • Reporting Deadline – March 15th • DAC Press Release - April (preliminary figures) • Full DAC Questionnaire • Data solicitation – Jan/Feb each Year • Reporting Deadline – July 15th • DAC Press Release - December

8. Current DAC Members

9. 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

10. 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)

11. 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.

12. Current Non-DAC Reporters Bolded countries are the non-DAC OECD Members * Only textual information reported, no data

13. Collection Method – Non DAC/Non OECD Members with annual ODA < USD 50 Million Abbreviated DAC Table 1

14. Collection Method – Non DAC, OECD Members and other donors with annual ODA > USD 50 Million Abbreviated DAC Table 2a

15. 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 publications International Development Statistics Online

16. Importance of Data • Domestic and Foreign Policy/Diplomacy • Fosters Accountability • Improves Transparency • Provides a Platform for Dialogue • Recipient Countries • Other Donors • Alignment with International Standard • Drives Future Policy Decisions

17. 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.

18. 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?

19. 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