World Development Indicators provides data on net bilateral aid flows from Development Assistance Committee (DAC) donors to Portugal. The dataset measures net disbursements of official development assistance and official aid in current U.S. dollars. Data collection for official aid flows to certain advanced countries ended in 2004.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in net aid disbursements to Portugal over time using the annual time-series data.
- Compare aid contributions from different DAC donor countries listed in the dataset.
- Model the relationship between aid flows and other economic indicators for Portugal using the monetary value feature.
- Assess the impact of policy changes, such as the 2005 abolition of the DAC Part II list, on reported aid figures.
Strengths
- Data is compiled by the authoritative Development Assistance Committee (DAC).
- Provides a standardized measure (net disbursements in current U.S. dollars) for cross-year comparison.
Limitations
- Specific row count, column details, and temporal coverage for Portugal are unknown.
- Data for official aid flows to certain countries is incomplete after 2004.
Provenance
- Source
- World Development Indicators, based on Development Assistance Committee (DAC) data.
- Collection Method
- Calculated as gross disbursements of grants and concessional loans minus repayments of principal.
- Time Range
- Includes historical data; collection for some official aid ended with 2004 data.
- Freshness
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- Geography
- Focus on aid flows from all DAC donor countries to Portugal.