CRS User's Guide: Introduction

The objective of the CRS Aid Activity database is to provide a set of readily available basic data that enables analysis on where aid goes, what purposes it serves and what policies it aims to implement, on a comparable basis for all DAC members.  Most commonly Aid Activity data are used to analyse the sectoral and geographical breakdown of aid for selected years and donors or groups of donors.  But the database also permits to consider specific policy issues (e.g. tying status of aid) and monitor donors’ compliance with various international recommendations in the field of development co-operation.  

The CRS Aid Activity database is accessible to public. This User’s Guide explains its basic features and helps first-time users in querying the online database.  Precise definitions of the reporting concepts are given in the Reporting Directives.  These can be downloaded in their totality (in pdf), checked-in using the user friendly version, or accessed through the User’s Guide which provides links to the relevant sections.