2011 ODA in $ at 2010 prices and rates ODA US$ million (current) %Change 2011/2010 at 2010 prices and exchange

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1 Net net %GNI net %GNI 2011 US$ million current 2011 in $ at 2010 prices and exchange rates US$ million (current) %Change 2011/2010 at 2010 prices and exchange rates Aid per Citizen per Year 4 $ 2011 aid as % of military 2010 Military spending in constant (2009)US$ million 5 Military Spending per Citizen US$ thousand Population 6 millions Belgium Denmark France Germany Ireland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Sweden Spain UK DAC 15 EU members Norway Australia Canada Japan ,360 New Zealand United States Total Figure for OECD Average country effort G7 countries Non-G7 countries Net Official Development Assistance by DAC Country / Net disbursements at current prices and exchange rates 2 OECD (Feb. 2012) Statistics on Resource Flows to Developing Countries p.9/ Net Official Development Assistance by DAC Country / Net disbursements at current prices and exchange rates 3 OECD (Feb. 2012) Statistics on Resource Flows to Developing Countries p.8/ Net Official Development Assistance by DAC Country / Net disbursements at current prices and exchange rates 4 Based on 2011 aid spending data and 2010 military spending data (2011 military spending are not available on SIPRI website, we did same sort of calculation last year) 5 SIPRI: Military Expenditure Database Military spending for these countries is a SIPRI estimate 8 OECD total military spending does not include Luxembourg

2 Overall statistics In volume at 2010 prices and exchange rates aid fell by 2.7% in 2011 / billion $ This was the first drop since , if we except 2006 and 2007decreases that were due to exceptional debt cancellation in Iraq and Nigeria in Disregarding years of exceptional debt relief, this was the first drop since 1997 %/GNI from 0.32% of GNI in 2010 to 0.31% in 2011 first decrease since , if we except 2006 and 2007decreases that were due to exceptional debt cancellation in Iraq and Nigeria in Collectively, aid given by 15 EU members of the DAC fell by 2.7% in 2011 The group of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) also saw a fall in net bilateral flows of -8.9% in real terms to USD 27.7 billion. Bilateral aid to sub-saharan Africa was USD 28.0 billion, representing a fall of -0.9% in real terms compared to By contrast, aid to the African continent increased by +0.9% to USD 31.4 billion, as donors provided more aid to North Africa after the revolutions in the region. Five countries exceeded the UN target of 0.7% of GNI: Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden Only two countries exceeded the target 1% : Norway and Sweden Massive decrease in Greece (-39.3%) and in Spain (-32.7%), and in a less extent in Austria (-14.3%), Belgium (-13.3%), Japan (-10.8%) And very big concerns for next year Belgium -13,3 %: as bilateral debt forgiveness grants fell compared to 2010 France -5,6% Gleneagles commitment: " France has announced a timetable to reach 0.5 per cent /GNI in 2007, of which 2/3 for Africa, - representing at least a doubling of since and 0.7 per cent /GNI in 2012." France abandoned this target in 2007, and is now committed to the EU target of a 0.51% /GNI ratio in 2010 and 0.7% /GNI in 2015 Germany +5,9% Reflecting an increase in bilateral grants Gleneagles commitment: "Germany (supported by innovative instruments) has undertaken to reach 0.51 per cent /GNI in 2010 and 0.7 per cent /GNI in 2015." Ireland -3,1%

3 Italy % because of an increase in debt forgiveness grants as well as an upsurge in refugee arrivals from North Africa; The figure is stunning, because it is too much high compared to 2010 levels and giving the fact that Italy is continuing to cut real levels. We estimate that a large portion of this would be inflated aid namely, coming from counting expenses related to facing the Arab Spring (ex. assistance to displaced people) which in fact should not be counted as (nor by our standards and probably not even by OECD standards). Gleneagles commitment: "Italy has undertaken to reach 0.51 per cent /GNI in 2010 and 0.7% /GNI in 2015." Netherlands -6,4% «reflecting the decision to fix the 2011 budget at 0.75% of GNI In 2011 Dutch net will amount to 4,5 billion euro. Compared to previous planned spending for 2011, aid went down by 400 million euro. Spending went down from 0,8% in 2010 (4,7bn) to 0,75% in 2011 (4,5bn). In 2012 aid will go down to 0,7%. In total aid will go down by 1 billion euro in 2012 compared to what was planned before the new government came to power. This is because of the reduction to 0,7%, because of a lower-than-expected GDP, and because a large sum of climate funds that was supposed to be additional is now included in the aid budget. At this very moment the government is discussing extra budget cuts and possibly there will be futher aid cuts, meaning aid will fall below 0,7. The new government that came to power in 2010, has made many changes to development aid policies. It has chosen 4 focus areas: food security, law and security, water, SRGR. Spending on education has decreased in favour of spending for private sector development. Less aid is spent through civil society, more aid is being spent through the private sector. Foreign policies are focused much more on Dutch interests and this is also the guiding line in development aid. The number of bilateral partner countries has been reduced from 34 to insight into which countries are increasing their aid levels - to support the argument that the NL are going against the positive trend on increasing aid in the EU - insight in the cost of decreasing aid Spain - 32,7% because of severe cuts in bilateral aid resulting from the financial crisis the national situation in Spain is critical. Last week the new Foreign Minister anticipated the data: 0.29% /RNB in That meaning we ve lost 40% aid in 20 months. A lots of things more, cause 2012 revised National Budget will be released April the 2th, with rumours saying aid will be halved We are working at the same time you are on it on the line of how much are you saving, how much you will need to pay for the consequences, with some old killer facts we used to publish on education, such as: In Africa, if a child / to complete primary education the possibility of contracting HIV / AIDS is halved. - For every year a girl stays in school, the chances that her children reach the age of 5 years increase by 12%. UK -0.8% a slight fall after exceeding its target in 2010; however, the UK remains on track to achieve an /GNI ratio of 0.7% by 2013

4 The UK should register 8.7 billion (0.56% GNI) to the DAC for 2011 / same Aid spending figures were announced in 2010 as part of the government s Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR, 5 year budget, ). The CSR outlined how the government will meet its promise to spend 0.7% of Gross National Income on aid from The first 2 years the aid budget will remain static at 0.56% in terms of GNI, and will increase to 0.7% in In real terms the aid figure has risen from 8.4 billion in 2010 to 8.7 billion in Over the course of the Spending Review period, DFID will increase resource spending by 35% in real terms. (so at the moment it's on the rise, and a positive story for the UK). Gleneagles commitment: "The UK has announced a timetable to reach 0.7 per cent /GNI by 2013 and will double its bilateral spending in Africa between 2003/04 and 2007/08." The United Kingdom subsequently announced reaching an interim target of 0.56% in EU countries - DAC members -2,7% in volume same evolution than total DAC members we have calculated the shortfall this year compared to the 2010 EU target is around 7.7 billion euros From Aidwatch briefing In 2011 collective EU genuine is likely to face a slight reduction in absolute terms from its 2010 level. Significant genuine increases in a few EU Members States (MSs) will not be sufficient to balance cuts to 2011 genuine budgets in most EU MSs" but there is no collective EU data. What we will need to do on the day is compare the EU 15 figure from last year ( it rose by +6.7% compare to 2009 to reach USD 70.2 billion) with what it will be this year to see if there is a decrease (likely) or an increase and come with "the gap figure". In term of saying they miss their targets, the difficulty is that for 2011 there was no EU commitment (in 2010 it was 0.56% collectively, 0.51% for individual EU MS) but if individual target for EU 15 was 0.51% in 2010 and they need to be at 0.7 in 2015 maybe we can figure out what the target in 2011 should have been in % ( something like 0.55%, calculate what it would mean in amount for each EU MS, add the sum of EU 15 and compare with where they Gleneagles commitment: "The EU27 has pledged to reach 0.7 per cent /GNI by 2015 with a new interim collective target of 0.56 per cent /GNI by The EU will nearly double its between 2004 and 2010 from 34.5 billion to 67 billion." Australia +5.7% reflecting an increase in bilateral grants Canada - 5.3% Gleneagles commitment: "Canada will double its international assistance from 2001 to 2010, with assistance to Africa doubling from 2003/4 to 2008/9." Japan -10.8% After a significant rise in in 2010 Gleneagles commitment: "Japan intends to increase its volume by $10 billion in aggregate over the next five years."

5 New Zealand +10.7% reflecting the overall scaling up of its aid towards an level of $NZ 600 million US -0.9% The United States continued to be the largest donor by volume with net flows amounting to USD 30.7 billion, representing a fall of -0.9% in real terms from from 0.21% of GNI to 0.20% in 2011 US bilateral for Africa rose to a record level of USD 9.3 billion (+17.4%), and its aid to LDCs amounted to USD 10.0 billion (+6.9%)