Official Development Aid for Emergency Relief from DAC Donors

Gross ODA aid disbursement data for emergency response, measured in current U.S. dollars. The dataset covers total contributions from Development Assistance Committee (DAC) donors for material relief, emergency food aid, and protection services. It is compiled by the Africa Development Indicators organization from World Bank sources.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in total emergency aid disbursement from DAC donors over time.
• Correlating aid amounts with specific disaster events or humanitarian crises.
• Benchmarking individual donor country contributions against the DAC total.

Strengths

• Data is standardized in current U.S. dollars, enabling direct monetary comparisons.
• Focuses on a defined set of official donors (DAC members) for consistent reporting.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column details, and temporal coverage are unknown.
• Data is limited to DAC donors and may not capture all global emergency aid.

Provenance

Source

World Bank, Africa Development Indicators

Collection Method

Compilation of reported official development assistance (ODA) data from DAC member countries.

Geography

Global, focusing on aid flows from DAC donor countries.