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Aid 101: Part 1 What is ODA and how do we measure it?

Aid 101: Part 1 What is ODA and how do we measure it?. Canadian Council for International Cooperation March 2010. Official Development Assistance (ODA). Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Definition

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Aid 101: Part 1 What is ODA and how do we measure it?

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  1. Aid 101: Part 1What is ODA and how do we measure it? Canadian Council for International Cooperation March 2010

  2. Official Development Assistance (ODA) Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Definition Official development assistance is defined as those flows to countries and territories on the DAC List of ODA Recipients and to multilateral development institutions which are: i) provided by official agencies, including state and local governments, or by their executive agencies; and ii) each transaction of which: a) is administered with the promotion of the economic development and welfare of developing countries as its main objective; and b) is concessional in character and conveys a grant element of at least 25 per cent

  3. Canadian Federal Budget, International Assistance Envelope (IAE), 2007 – 2008 (in Millions of dollars) • Development Pool • CIDA $2,520.3 M ODA • Foreign Affairs Canada $ 140.8 ODA • OtherGovernmentDepartments $ 12.0 ODA • Other (allocation of incremental resources) $ 232.9 Mostly ODA Total Development Pool $2,906.0 Mostly ODA • Crisis Pool Total Crisis Pool $ 333.0 Mostly ODA • Development Research Pool Total IDRC $ 141.0 Mostly ODA D. Peace and Security Pool • Global Partnership $ 100.0 Not ODA • Counter Terrorism Initiative $ 15.0 Not ODA • Global Peace and Security Fund $ 140.8 Partly ODA • CIDA Peacebuilding Fund $ 10.0 ODA • RCMP International Police Program $ 39.3 Mostly ODA • Other $ 78.9 Mostly ODA Total Peace and Security Pool $ 384.0 Partly ODA Total International Assistance Envelop Allocation $4,295.1 Partly ODA Estimate of Non-ODA International Assistance in the IAE $225.0 Estimate of ODA in 2007/08 International Assistance Envelope $4,070.1

  4. Canadian Official Development Assistance, 2007 - 2008 A. International Assistance Envelope (IAE) Percentage of ODA • CIDA $3,113.97 Million 71.5% • Department of Finance $ 368.77 • Department of Foreign Affairs $ 207.79 • IDRC $ 163.78 • ICHRDD $ 9.17 • RCMP $ 22.00 • Other Departments $ 15.31 • Subtotal International Assistance Envelope $3,900.80 90.0% B. Other government sources • Official Bilateral Debt Relief $ 0.23 • Department of Foreign Affairs (Peacekeeping Operations $ 13.50 • Department of National Defence $ 9.44 • Cost of Refugees in Canada (1st Year) $ 194.93 4.5% • Imputed Foreign Student Subsidies $ 168.01 3.9% • Provinces and Municipalities $ 52.10 • Other sources $ 33.86 • Less EDC Loan Repayments -$ 19.76 • Total Other Government Sources $ 452.30 ODA to GNI Ratio Total ODA $4,353.09 0.29% Real ODA $3,989.92 0.27%

  5. CIDA, 2007 - 2008 A. Geographic BranchesPercentage of CIDA Program • Sub-Saharan Africa $ 570.56 Million 19.8% • North Africa $ 29.57 • Middle East $ 64.63 • Asia $ 637.43 22.2% • Of which Afghanistan: $270.93 (9.4%) • Americas $ 248.07 8.6% • Of which Haiti: $93.98 (3.3%) • Eastern Europe $ 41.61 Total Geographic $1,519.88 52.9% B. Canadian Partnership Branch Total Canadian Partnership Branch $ 245.6 8.5% C. Multilateral Programs Branch • Humanitarian Assistance, Peace & Security $ 305.58 • Health and Nutrition $ 247.60 • Multilateral Organizations $ 238.18 • Regional Development Banks $ 215.03 Total Multilateral Branch $1,006.39 35.0% • Other Programs $102.64 Total CIDA Programs $2,874.50 Administration Costs $ 239.47 Total CIDA $3,113.97

  6. For more information on Aid Policy: www.ccic.ca The Canadian Council for International Co-operation (CCIC) gratefully acknowledges: • Mark Fried, Oxfam-Canada for his support in developing this video and, • The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) for the financial support for CCIC’s work. The views expressed in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of funders.

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