Aid architecture

Multilateral aid

 

 

More than 200 multilateral agencies - such as the United Nations, the World Bank and the global funds - receive about one third of total ODA. When including earmarked funding provided to multilaterals, this goes up to two fifths.

The scale at which the multilateral system is used reflects donors' views of it as an important aid channel. However, a clearer picture of the multilateral system is needed to analyse this channel, and the DAC report on multilateral aid - the only one of its kind - aims to address this gap. The report provides a snapshot of the multilateral aid architecture, from the funding of multilateral organisations by DAC members to their own multilateral aid strategies and policies. The report also highlights issues such as fragmentation, multilateral effectiveness, reform processes and partner country views.

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‌Composition of Gross ODA Disbursements (2010)

(excluding debt relief and contributions from EU Institutions, in constant 2010 prices)

Chart for multilateral aid website showing the composition of gross ODA disbursements in 2010.

Source: OECD (2012b) DAC Aggregate Statistics, OECD, Paris; OECD (2012b), OECD (2012c), Creditor Reporting System Database, OECD, Paris

 

 

Latest documents

2012 DAC Report on Multilateral Aid

This fourth DAC Report on Multilateral Aid examines recent trends in multilateral development co-operation. It asks how multilateral co-operation affects the fragmentation of aid, gives an overview of bilateral and joint assessments of multilateral organisations, and outlines guiding principles to  limit the proliferation of multilateral aid channels.

French Report coming soon.

 

 ‌Policy Brief: multilateral aid - the last 5 years image

What Do We Know About Multilateral Aid?: The 54 billion dollar question

This policy brief provides an overview of the multilateral aid system over the past 5 years.

 

2011 DAC Report on Multilateral Aid

This third DAC Report on Multilateral Aid covers recent trends in multilateral aid and total use (core and non-core) of the multilateral system. It investigates and highlights how countries make decisions to allocate aid bilaterally or multilaterally, and how they allocate this aid to different multilateral agencies.

 Click here to access the report in French.

2010 DAC Report on Multilateral Aid

This second DAC Report on Multilateral Aid covers recent trends in multilateral aid and total use (core and non-core) of the multilateral system, with a special focus on UNDP and World Bank trust funds. It explores development perspectives of the climate change funding architecture, and provides an overview of the response of multilaterals to the financial and economic crisis. It also includes an update on members’ multilateral strategies and assessment approaches.

 Click here to access the report in French.

2008 DAC Report on Multilateral Aid (pdf, 2.6 MB)

»Summary of the Report (pdf, 272 KB)

Multilateral aid accounts for over a third of total ODA. The scale at which the multilateral system is used reflects donors’ views of it as an important aid channel. However, a clearer picture of the multilateral system is needed to analyse this channel, and the first ever DAC report on multilateral aid aims to address this gap. The report provides a snapshot of the multilateral aid architecture, from the funding of multilateral organisations by DAC members to their own multilateral aid strategies and policies. The report also highlights issues such as fragmentation, multilateral effectiveness, reform processes and partner country views.

 

 

 

Data series

Download full data series on multilateral aid (core and non-core) by DAC donor for 2007-2011 (.xls and PDF format):

 

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