Statistics on International Development 2006 Edition

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Key Statistics

• The UK’s Gross Public Expenditure on Development (GPEX) amounted to £6,612m in 2005/06. The DFID aid programme accounted for £4,413m of this expenditure. Excluding debt relief, DFID accounted £4,348m (88 per cent) of GPEX.
• GPEX increased by £1,435m (27 per cent) in 2005/06 over the previous year. Part of this increase reflects large amounts of debt relief to Nigeria of £1,135m. Excluding debt relief, GPEX increased by 10 per cent between 2004/05 and 2005/06.
• In the calendar year 2005 the UK reported £5,916m as official development assistance (ODA), making the UK the third largest OECD-DAC donor on this internationally agreed classification of aid. The UK’s ODA/ GNI ratio for 2005 was 0.47 per cent, giving a ranking of 8th out of the 22 donors.
• In 2005/06 £2,504m (57 per cent) of DFID expenditure was bilateral assistance and £1,674m (38 per cent) was channelled through multilateral organisations. The remaining £234m (5 per cent) was spent on administration costs.
• DFID’s bilateral expenditure rose from £2,112m in 2004/05 to £2,504m in 2005/06 (19 per cent). India, Bangladesh and Sudan received the largest amounts of DFID bilateral aid.
• DFID’s bilateral assistance excluding humanitarian assistance was £2,094m in 2005/06, up from £1,775m in 2004/05 (18 per cent). India, Bangladesh and Tanzania were the largest recipients of bilateral aid excluding humanitarian assistance.
• DFID’s humanitarian assistance in 2005/06 totalled £550m, representing an increase of £112m (26 per cent). £411m was spent bilaterally and £140m multilaterally. The largest recipients of bilateral humanitarian assistance were Sudan (£98m), Democratic Republic of Congo (£52m) and Pakistan (£39m).
• DFID’s bilateral assistance to sub-Saharan Africa rose from £826m in 2004/05 to £1,097m in 2005/06 (33 per cent). Assistance to Asia also increased over this period from £807m to £943m (17 per cent).
• In 2005/06 £261m of bilateral assistance was channelled through UK Civil Society Organisations. Major recipients included the British Red Cross, VSO and Oxfam.
• The European Community’s development programme received the largest amount of DFID multilateral assistance (£917m), followed by the United Nations (£299m) and the World Bank (£272m).
• DFID debt relief through all channels amounted to £65m in 2005/06. Non-DFID debt relief (through CDC and ECGD) was £1,588m, £1,135m of which relates to Nigerian debt cancellation.

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