International Debt Statistics from the World Bank's DSSI provide data on the grant element of new external debt commitments from official creditors. The grant element measures the concessionality of loans by calculating the grant equivalent as a percentage of the committed amount. Data covers public and publicly guaranteed loans from multilateral organizations and bilateral government lenders.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in the concessionality of official loans over time using the average grant element metric.
- Compare borrowing costs between countries based on the weighted grant element of their debt commitments.
- Model the relationship between a country's economic indicators and the grant element of new official debt received.
- Assess the distribution of soft loans versus market-rate loans from official creditors using the grant element percentage.
Strengths
- Data originates from the authoritative World Bank International Debt Statistics.
- Uses a standardized OECD-defined methodology for calculating the grant element.
Limitations
- Specific temporal coverage, row count, and geographic scope are unknown from the input.
- Data likely excludes loans from funds administered by international organizations on behalf of single donors.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank International Debt Statistics: DSSI (Debtor Reporting System).
- Collection Method
- Calculated from contractual data on public and publicly guaranteed loan commitments signed in a given year.
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