Agricultural ODA Disbursements from DAC Donors in Current US Dollars

Gross Official Development Assistance disbursements for the agricultural sector, reported in current U.S. dollars. The dataset is compiled by the Africa Development Indicators organization from the World Bank. It covers aid for policy, development, water resources, crop production, livestock, and related services.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in total agricultural ODA disbursements over time using the reported monetary values.
• Compare funding allocations between agricultural sub-sectors such as 'agricultural research' and 'food crop production'.
• Model the relationship between donor-reported aid amounts and recipient country agricultural outcomes.
• Assess the distribution of aid for specific activities like 'agricultural financial services' or 'plant and post-harvest protection'.
• Benchmark annual donor contributions for categories like 'agricultural water resources' or 'livestock'.

Strengths

• Data is reported in a standardized monetary unit (current U.S. dollars), enabling direct comparison.
• Covers a wide range of defined agricultural sub-sectors and aid purposes.

Limitations

• The specific number of data rows, time range, and geographic coverage are unknown.
• Data completeness and update frequency for individual donor countries or years are unspecified.

Provenance

Source

World Bank, compiled by Africa Development Indicators.

Collection Method

Aggregation of reported gross ODA disbursement data from Development Assistance Committee (DAC) donors.

Geography

Global, focusing on aid flows from DAC donor countries.