Belgium's Net Bilateral Aid Flows to Developing Countries

Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors represent disbursements of official development assistance minus loan repayments, measured in current US dollars. The World Development Indicators, compiled by the World Bank, provide this data for Belgium and other Development Assistance Committee members. Data collection for certain advanced recipient countries concluded in 2004.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in Belgium's net ODA disbursements over time to assess donor commitment levels.
• Compare Belgium's bilateral aid flows against other DAC donor countries listed in the dataset description.
• Model the relationship between aid flows (current US$) and economic indicators in recipient countries.
• Study the impact of the 2005 policy change that abolished the Part II recipient list on reported aid data.

Strengths

• Data covers all 30 DAC member countries and EU institutions as specified.
• Financial flows are standardized to current US dollars for cross-year comparison.
• Distinguishes between ODA to developing countries and official aid to advanced economies until 2004.

Limitations

• Specific row count, time range, and update frequency for the Belgium series are unknown.
• Data for official aid flows to Part II countries is incomplete, ending with 2004 records.
• World and income group totals include aid not allocated by specific country or region, reducing granularity.

Provenance

Source

World Development Indicators, The World Bank.

Collection Method

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

Time Range

Includes historical data up to at least 2004; current series extent is unknown.

Geography

Focus on flows from Belgium (a DAC donor) to countries on the DAC list of ODA recipients.