OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC)
Database on Aid Activities (CRS online)(*)

What is the Aid Activity database of the DAC?

The Aid Activity database of the DAC (the Creditor Reporting System) contains statistics on individual aid activities. The system - in existence since 1967 - is sponsored jointly by the OECD and the World Bank. It covers the activities of most of the 23 members of the OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC) as well as those of multilateral development banks and some UN agencies.

The CRS records over 60 000 new grant and loan commitments a year and is updated on a regular basis. The reports include descriptive and financial information. Financial data are given in thousands of US dollars for comparative purposes.

Click here to view the User's Guide to the online Aid Activity database. Click here (PDF document) to learn how this data is transformed and shared with the AiDA initiative of the Development Gateway.

 

Aims of the Aid Activity database

Aid Activity database

  • Unique source of information on sectoral and geographical distribution, terms and conditions of bilateral and multilateral aid;
  • Quality assurance of data comparability;
  • Respond to needs of aid agencies for country and sector programming and analysis;
  • Tool for monitoring policy implementation.
The CRS permits analyses of Aid from:
  • Donor A - DAC Member or multilateral agency; to
  • Recipient B - DAC list of aid recipients; in
  • Sector C - CRS purpose codes; and for the
  • Years 1973 to 2006 (final data).

Online version of the database and Reporting Directives
Click here to enter the new Aid Activity database.
Click here to access the online version of the Reporting Directives.

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(*) OECD-Development Assistance Committee (DAC) web sites: