International Grants Data in Current U.S. Dollars

Data on legally binding grant commitments, measured in current U.S. dollars, where no repayment is required. It is compiled by the International Debt Statistics: DSSI organization. The temporal coverage and specific data volume are not specified.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in non-repayable grant commitments over time using the 'current US$' value field.
• Comparing the scale of grant-based aid across different countries or regions using the financial commitment data.
• Modeling the relationship between grant inflows and other economic indicators using the monetary value feature.

Strengths

• Data is defined by a clear, legal and financial criterion: legally binding commitments with no repayment requirement.
• Values are standardized in a single currency (current U.S. dollars) for consistent comparison.

Limitations

• The specific number of records, time range, and geographic coverage are unknown.
• The dataset lacks detailed column information, limiting granular analysis.

Provenance

Source

International Debt Statistics: DSSI, published via the World Bank platform.

Collection Method

Compilation of legally binding financial commitments reported as grants.