Official Development Aid for Communications Infrastructure from DAC Donors

Gross Official Development Assistance disbursements specifically for communications, telecommunications, and media sectors from all OECD Development Assistance Committee donors. Data is measured in current U.S. dollars. The dataset is compiled by Africa Development Indicators from World Bank sources.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in total aid disbursement for communications policy and administrative support over time.
• Compare donor contributions to telecommunications infrastructure versus radio/television/print media sectors.
• Model the relationship between Information and Communication Technology (ICT) aid and other economic indicators.
• Track annual fluctuations in current U.S. dollar commitments from DAC donors to the communications sector.

Strengths

• Data is standardized using the OECD DAC's purpose codes for communications aid.
• Monetary values are provided in a consistent unit (current U.S. dollars) for comparability.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column details, and temporal coverage are unknown.
• Data may exclude non-DAC donor contributions to communications development.

Provenance

Source

World Bank, compiled by Africa Development Indicators.

Collection Method

Aggregated from OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) donor reports.

Geography

Global, focusing on aid from DAC donor countries.