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Chapter 3 Official Development Assistance Extended by Major Donor Countries

Section 3 DAC Countries' ODA per Capita of Population

Chart 79 Per-capita ODA Burden in DAC Countries

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Source:
Aid figures according to 1999 DAC press release; population statistics according to 1998 "Development Co-operation."
Note:
Figures for countries except Japan are provisional.

Section 4 DAC Countries' Grant Share and Grant Totals

Chart 80 Grant Share and Grant Totals of ODA Provided by DAC Countries

(Commitment basis, two-year average, %)
Country Rank 1996/97 Rank 1995/96
Australia 1 100.0 1 100.0
Ireland 1 100.0 1 100.0
Luxembourg 1 100.0 1 100.0
New Zealand 1 100.0 1 100.0
Sweden 1 100.0 1 100.0
Switzerland 1 100.0 1 100.0
Netherlands 1 100.0 8 99.8
Canada 1 100.0 12 97.1
United Kingdom 1 100.0 14 96.7
Denmark 1 100.0 15 96.6
Norway 11 98.9 9 99.2
United States 12 98.8 10 98.4
Portugal 13 98.6 1 100.0
Finland 14 97.6 11 97.9
Belgium 15 96.6 13 96.9
Italy 16 94.3 16 94.9
Austria 17 92.2 17 87.2
France 18 84.1 18 82.7
Germany 19 80.5 19 78.6
Spain 20 74.7 20 71.0
Japan 21 39.6 21 41.4
DAC Countries Average   77.8   76.9

(Net disbursement of grant aid, two-year average, $ million)
Country Rank 1996/97
United States 1 8,852
Japan 2 7,230
France 3 6,883
Germany 4 6,598
Netherland 5 3,297
United Kingdom 6 3,285
Canada 7 1,983
Sweden 8 1,865
Denmark 9 1,714
Italy 10 1,653
Norway 11 1,299
Australia 12 1,074
Switzerland 13 975
Spain 14 968
Belgium 15 848
Austria 16 486
Finland 17 397
Portugal 18 194
Ireland 19 183
New Zealand 20 138
Luxembourg 21 88
Total   50,016
Source:
1998 "DAC Development Co-operation"
Note:
1. Each country is ranked with the largest share of grants to total aid.
2. Figures do not include debt relief.

Section 5 DAC Countries' Grant Element of ODA

Chart 81 DAC Countries' Grant Element of ODA

(Commitment basis, two-year average)
Country Rank 1996/97 Rank 1995/96
Australia 1 100.0 1 100.0
Ireland 1 100.0 1 100.0
Luxemburg 1 100.0 1 100.0
Netherlands 1 100.0 1 100.0
New Zealand 1 100.0 1 100.0
Sweden 1 100.0 1 100.0
Switzerland 1 100.0 1 100.0
Canada 1 100.0 9 99.6
United Kingdom 1 100.0 15 96.7
Denmark 1 100.0 16 96.6
Finland 11 99.9 14 97.9
Norway 12 99.4 10 99.4
United States 12 99.4 11 99.3
Portugal 14 99.2 1 100.0
Belgium 14 99.2 11 99.3
Italy 16 98.6 13 98.5
Austria 17 96.4 17 93.5
Germany 18 93.3 19 91.5
France 19 91.5 18 91.9
Spain 20 90.7 20 90.8
Japan 21 78.6 21 80.5
DAC Countries Average   91.9   91.8
Source:
1998 DAC "Development Co-operation"
Note:
1. Grant element (G.E): Index showing the generosity of the terms of assistance. With government loans on commercial terms (interest assumed at 10 percent) as a percent of G.E., the G. E. percentage rises as terms (interest, repayment period, deferment period) are eased and reaches 100 percent in the case of grants.
2. Each country is ranked in order from the country with the largest grant element for 1996/97.
3. Figures do not include debt relief.

Section 6 Tying Status of DAC Countries Bilateral ODA

Chart 82 Tying Status of DAC Counties Bilateral ODA

(Commitment basis, %)
Country Untied Partially tied Tied
1996 1995 1996 1995 1996 1995
Portugal 100.0 98.1 - - - 1.9
Japan 98.9 96.3 1.1 3.6 - 0.2
Luxemburg 94.4 - - - 5.6 -
Switzerland 92.9 91.3 - - 7.1 8.7
Norway 88.5 77.0 - - 11.5 23.0
United Kingdom 86.1 86.2 - - 13.9 13.8
Netherlands 3 82.2 78.9 4.8 14.6 13.0 6.5
Australia 78.1 - - - 21.9 -
Sweden 4 64.0 93.9 - - 36.0 6.1
Denmark 61.3 61.3 - - 38.7 38.7
Austria 2 60.6 25.0 - - 39.4 75.0
Finland 60.2 75.8 13.6 8.3 26.2 15.9
Germany 60.0 60.3 - - 40.0 39.7
Belgium 2,3,4 49.9 - 20.3 - 29.7 -
Italy 2 45.6 59.8 - - 54.4 40.2
France 38.7 58.4 26.7 16.5 34.5 25.1
Canada 31.5 31.5 - - 68.5 68.5
United States 28.4 - - - 71.6 -
Ireland - - - - - -
New Zealand - - - - - -
Spain - - - - 100.0 100.0
DAC (Total Average) 69.7 77.7 3.1 4.6 26.5 17.7
Source:
1998 DAC "Development Co-operation"
Note:
1. Due to rounding, the figures do not necessarily total 100.
2. 1997 data.
3. Excluding technical cooperation and administrative costs (except for Belgium and Netherlands).
4. Actual bilateral figures.

Section 7 Total Net Resource Flows to Developing Countries

Chart 83 Flow of Funds from DAC Countries and International Institutions to Developing Countries

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Source:
1999 DAC press release
Note:
1. Preliminary for the figures of 1998.
2. 1990-1992 ODA figures exclude non-ODA debt relief.

Chart 84 Flow of Funds from the World to Developing Countries

(net disbursement basis, nominal basis; $ billion)
Type / Calendar Year 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
I. Official Development Finance (ODF) 76.5 84.8 78.6 83.4 86.2 89.3 78.1 76.8
 1. Official Development Assistance (ODA) 50.6 57.4 57.4 56.0 60.3 59.8 57.9 49.8
  A. Bilateral Disbursements 37.2 41.3 41.3 39.4 41.3 40.6 39.1 32.3
  B. Multilateral Disbursements 13.4 16.1 16.1 16.6 19.0 19.2 18.9 17.5
 2. Other ODF 25.9 27.4 21.2 27.4 25.9 29.5 20.2 27.0
II. Total Export Credits 9.5 0.6 1.0 -3.0 6.3 5.6 4.0 -4.4
III. Private Flows (PF) 43.6 50.8 77.3 81.9 126.6 168.3 282.6 252.1
Total Net Resource Flows (I+II+III) 129.6 136.2 156.9 162.3 219.1 263.2 364.7 324.5
Source:
1998 DAC "Development Co-operation"
Note:
1. Years 1990-92 exclude non-ODA debt relief.
2. Includes flows from non-OECD and non-DAC countries.

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