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Donor Experiences of Development Aid Statistics – United Kingdom

Donor Experiences of Development Aid Statistics – United Kingdom. Alex Stannard Statistician 27 May 2008. 1 Palace Street, London SW1E 5HE Abercrombie House, Eaglesham Road, East Kilbride, Glasgow G75 8EA. Increasing demand for aid statistics. Make Poverty History G8 2005 promises

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Donor Experiences of Development Aid Statistics – United Kingdom

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  1. Donor Experiences of Development Aid Statistics – United Kingdom Alex Stannard Statistician 27 May 2008 1 Palace Street, London SW1E 5HE Abercrombie House, Eaglesham Road, East Kilbride, Glasgow G75 8EA

  2. Increasing demand for aid statistics • Make Poverty History • G8 2005 promises • 0.7% commitment

  3. UK Official Development Assistance as % of GNI

  4. Aid statistic customers • Parliament • Internal DFID Management • International bodies • Other donors • General public • NGOs • Lobby groups

  5. Four reporting obligations • UK International Development Reporting and Transparency Act • Created statutory requirement for DFID to report aid statistics, DFID ownership of UK ODA reporting • International Reporting • Reports provided DAC, both DAC questionnaire and CRS database • Freedom of Information • Questions from general public, if data or analysis exists DFID is obliged to answer • Parliamentary Questions (PQs) • Questions from Parliament, DFID obliged to answer

  6. UK International Development Reporting and Transparency Act • Created statutory requirement for DFID to report aid statistics • Annual Report • Aid effectiveness • Reports on the impact of UK aid in at least 20 countries • Millennium Development Goals • Future spending plans • Aid expenditure statistics • Progress towards 0.7%

  7. International reporting • DAC Reporting • DAC Advanced Questionnaire • High level aggregates • March deadline • Main DAC Questionnaire • Detailed country and sector data • July deadline • CRS Reporting • Very detailed project information • Quarterly reports

  8. CRS++ - A new way to report to the DAC • Replaces CRS reports • Allows DAC reports to be built from CRS reports • Very detailed project information collected • Reduced costs and guarantees consistency

  9. Finance and Corporate Performance Division main contact with the DAC on aid statistics

  10. National reporting • Departmental Report • External, published on DFID website • Meets requirements of Reporting and Transparency Act and reports on impact of aid • Resource accounts • External, published on DFID website • DFID’s official accounts • DAC reporting • External, published on DAC website • Meets UK’s DAC obligations • Quarterly Management Report • Internal • Measures progress against DFID priorities

  11. Statistics on International Development • Main UK aid publication • Gives DFID aid expenditure and UK ODA • Data by country, sector and funding type • Main source for UK only aid statistics • Based on same data that is reported to the DAC • Classed as a National Statistic - strict guidelines for production

  12. New demands for information – Paris Declaration Publishing Project Information • All project design documentation published on DFID website • Increase: • Transparency • Accountability • Knowledge CRS++ • Detailed project information provided to the DAC

  13. DFID’s data collection system • Single database • Collects all project information (design, implementation and evaluation) • Used to produce Statistics on International Development and reporting to the DAC • Project officers enter data • Coding guidance essential

  14. Bilateral and multilateral spending • Any expenditure through a multilateral is flagged • It is classified as: Multilateral spending if • Core contributions • Funding of secondees to multilaterals • Capacity building of multilaterals Bilateral spending if • Non core contributions - Country, sector, theme or individual project is identified • Core contributions to NGOs

  15. How to identify sector spending • Sector codes • DAC has one sector code per project • DFID uses multiple sector coding • DFID sector codes based on DACs • Cross cutting markers • HIV and AIDS • Gender

  16. Other reporting issues • All UK aid untied • General Budget Support • Reported to DAC as lump sum • UK notionally allocates GBS to sectors • Spending targets • International and UK • Progress needs to be measured • Appropriate methodologies • In year progress measured

  17. Other reporting issues • Monitoring and evaluation • How and where multilaterals use UK contributions • Other UK government departments contribute towards UK ODA • Conflict prevention • Debt relief • Environment Ministry • Ministry of Health • Foreign Office projects

  18. DFID as percent of total UK ODA

  19. Strengths and Weaknesses of UK system

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