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Statistics on International Development 2007
About Statistics on International Development (SID)
This annual report shows how official UK financial resources for international development are spent. Expenditure is broken down by destination country or organisation, type of assistance and purpose. The majority of the data are produced on a cash basis in line with international reporting standards and are therefore not directly comparable with those reported in DFID’s Departmental Report or resource accounts.
The report is structured as follows:
Section 1
provides background information for users of the report, describes what counts as development assistance or aid expenditure and explains key distinctions in the report, such as the difference between the DFID programme, Gross Public Expenditure on Development (GPEX) and UK Official Development Assistance (ODA)
Section 2
provides total aid expenditure amounts and summarises spend according to type of aid. Data for both DFID and the UK as a whole are presented. Progress towards the 2013 target of spending 0.7 per cent of gross national income as ODA is shown and international comparisons are made.
Sections 3 and 4
focus on the destination of UK aid. Bilateral GPEX and ODA are broken down by recipient country and the UK's multilateral expenditure by institutions (Section 3). The sectors to which the DFID bilateral aid programme is directed are also presented. (Section 4).
Annex 1 provides recipient country information (such as income status, HIPC status, population, etc).
Annex 2 contains a glossary of terms used in this report.
Annex 3 explains the different types of UK debt relief and
Annex 4 details the data sources used to produce SID.
If readers find SID is not reporting information they require, they should contact DFID’s Corporate Planning and Performance Group (CPPG) to discuss their requirements. Most of the tables cover a 3-5 year period, however longer time series are available for many tables on request.