CRS User's Guide: Where do the data come from?

The aid activity data come from donors, including the 22 member countries of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC), the European Commission and other international organisations.  (See List of DAC members and agencies.) 

The data are part of DAC members’ official statistical reporting to the OECD. (Non-DAC donors' reporting takes place on a voluntary basis.)  A network of statistical correspondents collects data from aid agencies and government departments (central, state and local) on an ongoing basis.  Their task is also to ensure that reporting conforms to the Directives (definitions and classifications) agreed by the DAC. 

The DAC Secretariat is responsible for data processing, quality control and dissemination.  It responds to any questions about the data and can also give users advice on data analysis.  (Send email to dac.contact@oecd.org.)