Net Official Development Assistance (ODA) received measures concessional loans and grants from official agencies and multilateral institutions aimed at promoting economic development and welfare in recipient countries. The World Development Indicators from the World Bank compile this data, which tracks aid flows as a percentage of Gross National Income (GNI).
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in aid dependency by tracking the ODA-to-GNI ratio over time for specific countries.
- Compare aid effectiveness across different recipient countries using the ODA received as a percentage of GNI.
- Model the relationship between ODA received (% of GNI) and external debt levels or economic growth indicators.
- Assess donor country contributions by examining ODA disbursements to the DAC list of recipient countries.
Strengths
- Compiled by the authoritative World Development Indicators team at the World Bank.
- Covers disbursements from DAC members, multilateral institutions, and non-DAC countries.
- Includes loans with a grant element of at least 25 percent, calculated at a 10 percent discount rate.
Limitations
- Specific row count, column details, and temporal coverage are unknown.
- Data may have gaps for non-reporting countries or specific years.
- The calculation relies on reported GNI figures, which can vary in accuracy and timeliness across countries.
Provenance
- Source
- World Development Indicators, World Bank
- Collection Method
- Aggregated from reports by official agencies of DAC members, multilateral institutions, and non-DAC countries.
- Geography
- Countries and territories on the DAC list of ODA recipients.