Total ODA commitments and disbursements in support of Aid for Trade

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Indicator

Total ODA commitments and disbursements in support of Aid for Trade
Organisation

USAID
Unit of measure

U.S., Dollars, millions
Data sources

OECD/DAC Creditor Reporting System (CRS)
Data providers

Elise Egan, Carlyn Mann
Method of computation

Data are extracted from the OECD’s Creditor Reporting System (CRS) for selected purpose codes that have have been agreed support aid for trade. Aid for trade comprises the following categories: - technical assistance for trade policy and regulations (e.g. helping countries to develop trade strategies, negotiate trade agreements, and implement their outcomes) - trade-related infrastructure (e.g. building roads, ports, and telecommunications networks to connect domestic markets to the global economy) - productive capacity building, including trade development (e.g. supporting the private sector to exploit their comparative advantages and diversify their exports) trade-related adjustment (e.g. helping developing countries with the costs associated with trade liberalisation, such as tariff reductions, preference erosion, or declining terms of trade) - other trade-related needs, if identified as trade-related development priorities in partner countries’ national development strategies http://www.oecd.org/dac/aft/aid-for-tradestatisticalqueries.htm
Actual indicator available - description

Total ODA commitments and disbursements in support of Aid for Trade
Periodicity

Annual
Scheduled update by national source

September 2024
Date metadata updated

2024-07-29
Disaggregation geography

Total presented for all ODA-eligible countries. http://www.oecd.org/dac/stats/daclist.htm
Disaggregation categories

Not available.
Time period

2002-2022

This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator

Indicator 8.a.1: Aid for Trade commitments and disbursements

Target

Target 8.a: Increase Aid for Trade support for developing countries, in particular least developed countries, including through the Enhanced Integrated Framework for Trade-related Technical Assistance to Least Developed Countries
Organisation

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Definition and concepts

Definition:

This indicator is defined as gross disbursements and commitments of total Official Development Assistance (ODA) from all donors for aid for trade.

Concepts:

The Development Assistance Committee (DAC) defines Official Development Assistance (ODA) as “those flows to countries and territories on the DAC List of ODA Recipients and to multilateral institutions which are i) provided by official agencies, including state and local governments, or by their executive agencies; and ii) concessional (i.e. grants and soft loans) and administered with the promotion of the economic development and welfare of developing countries as the main objective.

For more details see here: https://www.oecd.org/dac/financing-sustainable-development/development-finance-standards/officialdevelopmentassistancedefinitionandcoverage.htm

All donors refer to DAC donors, other bilateral providers of development cooperation and multilateral organizations.

Aid for Trade is captured in the OECD’s Creditor Reporting System (CRS) under four categories:

  1. Economic infrastructure: Amounts relating to trade-related infrastructure are provided in the CRS by data under the sector code heading “Economic Infrastructure and Services” and cover the sectors transport and storage, communications and energy generation and supply.
  2. Trade policy and regulations: In the CRS, five sector codes (in the 331xx series) are used to capture trade policy and regulations activities: trade policy and administrative management; trade facilitation; regional trade agreements; multilateral trade negotiations; and trade education/training.
  3. Trade-related adjustment: this sector code (33150) was introduced in the CRS as a separate data item in 2007 to track flows corresponding to trade-related adjustment. This category identifies contributions to developing country budgets to assist the implementation of trade reforms and adjustments to trade policy measures by other countries and alleviate shortfalls in balance-of-payments due to changes in the world trading environment.
  4. Building Productive capacity (BPC), including trade development: The CRS captures full data on all activities in the productive and services sectors, such as agriculture; industry; mineral resources and mining; business; and banking.

See for reference: http://www.oecd.org/dac/financing-sustainable-development/development-finance-standards/dacandcrscodelists.htm
Unit of measure

Millions of constant United States dollars
Data sources

The OECD/DAC has been collecting data on official and private resource flows from 1960 at an aggregate level and 1973 at an activity level through the Creditor Reporting System (CRS data are considered complete from 1995 for commitments at an activity level and 2002 for disbursements).

The data are reported by donors according to the same standards and methodologies (see here: http://www.oecd.org/dac/stats/methodology.htm).

Data are reported on an annual calendar year basis by statistical reporters in national administrations (aid agencies, Ministries of Foreign Affairs or Finance, etc. )

The OECD/DAC Secretariat prepares and submits an annual questionnaire (at an aggregate level and at an activity level) to national statistical reporters, and is responsible for collecting, validating and publishing these data.

Data providers

Data are reported on an annual calendar year basis by statistical reporters in national administrations (aid agencies, Ministries of Foreign Affairs or Finance, etc.

Comment and limitations

Data in the Creditor Reporting System are available from 1973. However, the data coverage at an activity level is considered complete from 1995 for commitments and 2002 for disbursements.

Method of computation

The sum of Total Official Development Assistance (ODA) from all donors to developing countries for aid for trade.

Metadata update

2024-01-31
International organisations(s) responsible for global monitoring

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

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