Austrian Bilateral Aid Flows from DAC Donors in Current US Dollars

Net bilateral aid flows from Development Assistance Committee donors to Austria are recorded in current US dollars. The data covers official development assistance and official aid, with net disbursements calculated as gross disbursements minus loan repayments. It is published by the World Bank's World Development Indicators.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in net bilateral aid flows to Austria over time using the time-series data.
• Compare Austria's aid receipts from different DAC donor countries listed in the dataset.
• Study the composition of aid by examining the distinction between ODA and official aid flows.
• Calculate the net financial transfer by subtracting loan repayments from gross disbursements.
• Assess the impact of the 2005 policy change when Part II of the DAC list was abolished on aid flows to Austria.

Strengths

• Data is standardized in current US dollars, enabling direct financial comparisons.
• Provides a clear definition for net disbursements, distinguishing between grants, loans, and repayments.
• Explicitly lists all 30 DAC member countries and institutions as potential donors.

Limitations

• The specific number of data points (rows/years) and file size are not provided.
• Data collection for official aid to Part II countries ended in 2004, creating a break in series.
• Regional aggregates include unspecified economies, which may reduce granularity for some analyses.

Provenance

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators.

Collection Method

Compiled from reports by members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC).

Time Range

Covers years up to at least 2004 for official aid; subsequent years likely focus on ODA.

Geography

Focuses on bilateral aid flows received by Austria from DAC donor countries and institutions.