Official Development Aid for Food Security by DAC Donors

Gross ODA disbursement data for developmental food aid and food security assistance programs, measured in current U.S. dollars. The dataset is compiled by the Africa Development Indicators project, sourcing from the World Bank. It tracks total contributions from Development Assistance Committee (DAC) donor countries.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in total annual food security aid from DAC donors using the 'current US$' monetary value field.
• Comparing the scale of developmental food aid disbursements across different years as a time-series.
• Correlating donor country economic indicators with their reported ODA for food assistance programs.

Strengths

• Data is reported in a standardized monetary unit (current U.S. dollars), enabling direct comparison.
• Focuses on official developmental assistance from DAC donors, a well-defined and authoritative reporting group.

Limitations

• The dataset scope is limited to total DAC donor contributions, lacking breakdowns by recipient country or specific project.
• Sample size and temporal coverage are unspecified, limiting analysis of trends over long periods.
• Data granularity is unknown, potentially missing sub-annual (e.g., quarterly) disbursement details.

Provenance

Source

World Bank, Africa Development Indicators project.

Collection Method

Aggregated from official reports of Development Assistance Committee (DAC) donor countries.

Geography

Global, aggregated from DAC donor countries.