Unclassified DCD/DAC/STAT(2017)16 DCD/DAC/STAT(2017)16 Unclassified Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 08-Jun-2017 English - Or. English Development Co-operation Directorate Development Assistance Committee DAC Working Party on Development Finance Statistics UPDATE ON REPORTING BY MULTILATERAL ORGANISATIONS, NON-DAC COUNTRIES AND PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS Formal meeting of the Working Party on Development Finance Statistics (WP-STAT), 20-21 June 2017 This document is presented to the Working Party on Development Finance Statistics (WP-STAT) for INFORMATION AND COMMENT under item 8 of the draft annotated agenda [DCD/DAC/STAT/A(2017)2]. This note informs members of progress in work to increase the coverage and quality of data on resource flows from providers beyond the DAC. Contacts: Marisa Berbegal - Tel: +33(0)1 45 24 90 21 - Email: marisa.berbegalibanez@oecd.org Julia Benn - Tel: + 33(0)1 45 24 90 39 - Email: julia.benn@oecd.org English - Or. English JT03415640 Complete document available on OLIS in its original format This document, as well as any data and map included herein, are without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty over any territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries and to the name of any territory, city or area.
TABLE OF CONTENTS UPDATE ON REPORTING BY MULTILATERAL ORGANISATIONS, NON-DAC COUNTRIES AND PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS... 3 Introduction... 3 Section A: Multilateral organisations... 4 A1. Overview of multilateral organisations reporting to the OECD... 4 A2. Major Improvements in 2016/2017... 6 Section B: Non-DAC countries... 6 B1. Overview of reporting by non-dac providers of development finance... 6 B2. Major Improvements in 2016/2017... 8 Section C: Private Philanthropy... 9 Tables Table 1. Recent improvements in the coverage of DAC statistics on flows from multilateral... organisations and non-dac countries (2015 flows)... 3 Table 2. Multilateral Organisations' reporting to the OECD... 5 Table 3. Non-DAC countries' Net ODA disbursements... 7 Table 4. Estimated global development co-operation flows, 2011-15... 8 2
UPDATE ON REPORTING BY MULTILATERAL ORGANISATIONS, NON-DAC COUNTRIES AND PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS Introduction 1. DAC statistics aim to present the global picture of development finance flows. This note informs members of the progress being made in increasing the coverage and quality of data on resource flows from development co-operation providers outside the Committee, including multilateral organisations (see section A), non-dac countries (section B) and private foundations (section C). The note is circulated for information and comment at the meeting of the Working Party on Development Finance Statistics (WP-STAT) scheduled on 20-21 June 2017. 2. Table 1 summarises the main improvements in terms of coverage since the WP-STAT meeting in July 2016. With 35 reporting multilateral institutions, DAC statistics are estimated to cover 90% of total multilateral flows to developing countries. 1 As regards bilateral flows, 96% of total estimated net concessional finance 2 by all provider countries (including DAC member countries) was captured in DAC statistics for 2015 flows. 3. The table also shows the number of organisations and countries reporting at activity and aggregate levels. Almost all multilateral organisations report at activity level, while less than half of the non-dac countries do so, although the number is increasing. For organisations and countries that still report at aggregate level, the Secretariat converts the aggregate data into CRS (Creditor Reporting System) format, so that all the data can be made available in the CRS online dataset. Table 1. Recent improvements in the coverage of DAC statistics on flows from multilateral organisations and non-dac countries (2015 flows) July 2016 May 2017 Multilateral* Bilateral* Reported for the first time** Reporting at activity-level for the first time United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) International Labour Organisation (ILO) Caribbean Development Bank Azerbaijan Timor-Leste - Number of activity/aggregate level reporters 32 / 3 8 / 12 Estimated coverage of total 2015 flows 90% 96% * See tables 2 and 3 for a full overview of multilateral reporters and non-dac bilateral reporters. ** First-time reporters always report at activity level as aggregate-level reporting is being phased out. 1.The coverage is estimated by calculating the share of core contributions to the reporting multilateral organisations in total multilateral ODA. 2.This total is based on reporting by 29 DAC member countries, 20 non-dac countries and OECD estimates on another 10 non-dac countries (Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Qatar and South Africa). 3
Section A: Multilateral organisations A1. Overview of multilateral organisations reporting to the OECD 4. The Secretariat seeks to obtain activity-level reporting in the CRS from agencies with corefunded expenditures 3 exceeding USD 100 million annually, giving priority to the largest of these agencies. An overview of multilateral agencies reporting to the OECD concerning 2015 flows is shown below in Table 2. It shows that DAC statistics include the outflows from all major multilateral development organisations and that the large majority of them report at the activity level in CRS. 5. In 2016 the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) began to report on its outflows. The ten main agencies on the List of ODA-eligible International Organisations, in terms of volume, that are not reporting are the United Nations Department for Peacekeeping Operations (UNDPKO), the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), the United Nations Organisation, the International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFM), UN WOMEN, the Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers (CGIAR), the International Drug Purchase Facility (UNITAID), Advance Market Commitments (AMC), the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), and the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), each of them representing between 0.2% and 1.5% of total multilateral ODA in 2015. The Secretariat is already working with some of these organisations, and members support in obtaining statistics from non-reporting organisations is very helpful. 6. The Secretariat is working to make DAC statistics more inclusive, by also adding on the Annex 2 List multilateral organisations of which the membership includes none or few DAC members. Moreover, all organisations considered for inclusion are systematically informed of the data collection on multilateral outflows in DAC statistics and presented the CRS reporting format to use if the organisation is added on the List. 3.Multilateral organisations are only requested to report on core-funded activities [regular budgets and any voluntary core (unearmarked) funds]. Activities financed from non-core (earmarked) funds are reported by the bilateral providers with the organisation identified as the channel of delivery. 4
Table 2. Multilateral Organisations' reporting to the OECD 1 2015 flows, gross disbursements in USD million Agency Name Concessional Flows Non-Concessional Flows African Development Bank (AfDB) 2,282 2,376 Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) 618 Asian Development Bank (AsDB) 2,700 9,785 Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) 126 Caribbean Development Bank 57 85 Climate Investment Funds (CIFs) 247 Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) 54 252 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) 5,026 The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) 2 1,725 Global Environment Facility (GEF) 813 Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) 2 9 Global Fund to fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) 3,239 Inter-American Development Bank (IaDB) 2,126 8,938 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 64 International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) 3 546 110 International Finance Corporation 3 9,659 International Labour Organisation 2 286 IMF (Concessional Trust Funds) 2 1,472 Islamic Development Bank (ISDB) 195 1,833 Montreal Protocol 45 Nordic Development Fund 39 OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) 395 633 Organisation for Peace and Security in Europe (OSCE) 2 115 UNAIDS 2 241 UN Development Programme (UNDP) 2 420 UN Economic Commission for Europe( UNECE) 2 14 UN Environment Programme (UNEP) 125 UN Population Fund (UNFPA) 313 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 2 461 UNICEF 2 1,402 UN Peacebuilding Fund (UNPBF) 72 UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) 2 771 World Food Programme (WFP) 2 287 World Health Organisation (WHO) 2 664 World Bank (IDA and IBRD) 13,375 19,234 TOTAL 35,299 57,931 Note: Shaded organisations are those reporting at aggregate level only. 1. The EU is discussed in the paper on reporting by DAC members, and is not included here. 2. Commitments are set equal to disbursements (except where disbursements are negative, in which case commitments are set to 0). 3. For IFAD and IFC, activity-level data are available for commitments only. 5
A2. Major Improvements in 2016/2017 7. Asian Development Bank Group (AsDB) The AsDB included in its CRS reporting for the first time types of aid. It also started reporting on the gender policy marker and climate finance components. 8. Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) The CDB reported activity-level data for commitments in CRS format for the first time, including items such as commitment dates, project titles, purpose codes, type of flow and type of finance. 9. Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunization (GAVI) The GAVI reported in CRS format for the first time in 2016. 10. Global Environment Facility (GEF) The GEF Secretariat is now in a position to provide comprehensive data for all GEF implementing agencies. In 2016, the GEF Secretariat provided both commitment data on 2015 flows as well as revisions on GEF disbursements from the implementing agencies dating from 1992. 11. Global Fund The Global Fund reported thoroughly on commitment dates, channel codes, donor codes, nature of submission and types of aid in 2016. 12. Green Climate Fund (GCF) GCF began to report to the OECD in 2016. The data have not yet been published as GCF advised it needed further internal consultations, but work is ongoing to include them in the online databases as soon as possible. 13. International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) In 2016, IFAD reported on the climate adaptation marker, including revisions to this for 2013 and 2014 data. 14. International Labour Organization (ILO) The ILO reported for the first time to the OECD in May 2016. The data relate to ILO s Regular Budget as well as the Regular Budget Supplementary Account (which both have a channel code on the List of ODA-eligible International Organisations). 15. Nordic Development Fund (NDF) For new commitments, the NDF reported long descriptions and expected starting and completion dates for the first time in 2016. 16. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) UNEP reported its aid disbursements, by programme themes, for the first time in 2016. The themes were mapped to the CRS sector codes. 17. There has been good improvement of the quality of reporting by multilateral institutions over the last years. However, the data are often submitted in a non-standard format, which requires extensive work by the Secretariat before they can be uploaded to the database. Furthermore, there is room for improvement on the use of purpose codes and policy markers, although good progress is being made on the climaterelated markers. Section B: Non-DAC countries B1. Overview of reporting by non-dac providers of development finance 18. As part of its overall engagement strategy, the OECD-DAC encourages countries that are not members of the Committee to report their development finance flows for inclusion in DAC statistics. Although this reporting is voluntary, currently 20 non-dac countries provide data on their development 6
finance flows to the OECD-DAC. While an increasing number of non-dac countries is reporting at the activity level (in CRS format), most still report at an aggregate level. Reporting in converged format (including CRS data, the DAC1 table and the validation table) is highly encouraged, to facilitate the data processing. Twelve countries are still expected to move to CRS reporting in the coming years. 19. Table 3 below shows total net ODA disbursements in 2011-15 from the non-dac countries that report their development finance flows to the OECD. More information, including a breakdown of these countries bilateral and multilateral ODA as well as their reported ODA/GNI ratios, is available online. 4 Table 3. Non-DAC countries' Net ODA disbursements, 2011-15 Constant 2015 prices, USD million 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Azerbaijan 14 13 Bulgaria 43 36 45 44 41 Croatia 19 41 65 51 Cyprus 1a, 1b 33 23 18 17 18 Estonia 21 21 26 32 34 Israel 2 209 190 195 189 198 Kazakhstan 8 30 43 Kuwait (KFAED) 155 163 209 249 304 Latvia 16 19 20 21 23 Liechtenstein 28 26 26 25 24 Lithuania 43 46 43 38 48 Malta 18 17 16 18 17 Romania 145 129 121 192 158 Russia 335 290 436 594 1,161 Saudi Arabia 4,513 1,179 5,135 12,283 6,758 Chinese Taipei 338 276 246 247 255 Thailand 20 10 33 62 62 Timor-Leste 3 4 Turkey 1,032 2,058 2,691 3,101 3,919 United Arab Emirates 636 689 4,881 4,577 4,381 TOTAL 7,585 5,194 14,189 21,802 17,514 Note: Shaded countries are those reporting at aggregate level only. 1.a. Footnote by Turkey: The information in this document with reference to "Cyprus" relates to the southern part of the Island. There is no single authority representing both Turkish and Greek Cypriot people on the Island. Turkey recognizes the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). Until a lasting and equitable solution is found within the context of United Nations, Turkey shall preserve its position concerning the Cyprus issue. 1.b. Footnote by all the European Union Member States of the OECD and the European Union: The Republic of Cyprus is recognised by all Members of the United Nations with the exception of Turkey. The information in this document relates to the area under the effective control of the Government of the Republic of Cyprus. 2. The statistical data for Israel are supplied by and under the responsibility of the relevant Israeli authorities. The use of such data by the OECD is without prejudice to the status of the Golan Heights, East Jerusalem and Israeli settlements in the West Bank under the terms of international law. 20. The Secretariat also makes estimates on development co-operation flows of several other provider countries, including non-dac OECD countries (Chile, Mexico), the OECD Key Partners (Brazil, 4. See the webpage on development finance of countries beyond the DAC at http://www.oecd.org/dac/dac-globalrelations/non-dac-reporting.htm. 7
China, India, Indonesia and South Africa), OECD accession countries (Colombia, Costa Rica) and a DAC Participant (Qatar). These estimates expand the information available on concessional development finance; they also provide a basis for the Secretariat to engage with these countries on issues related to development finance. In 2015, total concessional flows from these countries were estimated at USD 6.9 billion, representing 4.4% of estimated global ODA-like flows (See Table 4. Estimates country by country are available online). 21. Some of these countries are important players in triangular co-operation. The OECD is working to increase the available information on this co-operation modality. The OECD conducted a survey on triangular co-operation activities in 2015 covering over 400 programmes, projects and activities from 60 respondents. A repository of the results of this survey can be found online 5. Moreover, in 2017 Costa Rica and Mexico provided additional information on their triangular co-operation projects for inclusion in DAC statistics. Work is ongoing to adapt the information into CRS format to make sure it is comparable with other development co-operation interventions in DAC statistics. Table 4. Estimated global development co-operation flows, 2011-15 (Net disbursements, current prices, USD billion) 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2015 (% of total) ODA from 28 DAC countries 135.0 126.9 134.7 137.4 131.4 84.2% ODA from 20 reporting countries beyond the DAC 8.9 6.2 16.4 24.7 17.7 11.3% Estimated development co-operation flows from ten non-reporting countries beyond the DAC 5.2 5.6 6.8 7 6.9 4.4% Subtotal flows from non-dac providers 14.1 11.8 23.2 31.7 24.6 15.8% Estimated global total 149.1 138.7 157.9 169.1 156.0 100% Notes: i) Brazil, Mexico and Qatar have not published data on their development co-operation for 2015. To complete the table, their bilateral development co-operation is estimated to be at the same level as in 2014 flows. With regard to contributions to multilateral organisations, figures are taken from these organisations publicly available reports. ii) There are currently 29 DAC members countries, since Hungary joined the DAC in 2016. In this table its flows are still included in the total for countries beyond the DAC. B2. Major Improvements in 2016/2017 22. Azerbaijan Azerbaijan reported for the first time to the OECD in May 2016, on both 2014 and 2015 flows. The data were published for the first time in the March 2017 on-line update. 23. Timor-Leste Timor-Leste reported to the OECD for the first time in 2016 on both 2014 and 2015 flows. Data were included in the March 2016 data release. 24. United Arab Emirates (UAE) In 2015 and 2016 the UAE broadened the coverage of its reporting on Other Official Flows and private flows. It participated in a pilot on Total Official Support for Sustainable Development which also resulted in improved data quality. The UAE has expressed its interest in starting to report on gender marker and is expected to do so for the first time in 2017 on 2016 flows. 25. The following countries reported before the deadline on 2015 flows: Azerbaijan, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Kuwait (KFAED), Liechtenstein, Romania and Saudi Arabia. Of the remaining countries, all but three reported before the end of the third quarter of 2016. 5. Please see http://www.oecd.org/dac/dac-global-relations/triangular-co-operation-repository.htm 8
26. The Secretariat will continue working with these countries to obtain activity-level reporting and make sure that the data are compatible with the CRS format. Section C: Private Philanthropy 27. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) reports to the OECD on a regular basis on its grants and programme-related investments (PRIs) under its Global Health, Global Development and Global Policy & Advocacy programmes. 28. Aside from the data collection activities, the OECD is in the process of updating its 2003 report on Private Foundations and Development Co-operation, aiming at reflecting on the role of private philanthropy in the context of the post-2015 development agenda. In 2016, as a part of this exercise, the OECD carried out a survey targeting the most influential private philanthropic foundations worldwide to collect information on their philanthropic giving in support of development. As of May 2017, data have been obtained on around 100 philanthropies. In 2013-15, the foundations gave around USD 22.5 billion for development. The report update is expected to be issued during the 4th quarter of 2017. Section D: Conclusion 29. Continuous progress is being made in the coverage and quality of reporting by multilateral organisations, non-dac countries and private foundations. However, there is still room for improvement for DAC statistics to present a comprehensive picture of all development finance flows. It is also important to take into account these providers needs and specificities when developing the reporting methodologies. In this regard the new measure of Total Official Support for Sustainable Development (TOSSD) is a window of opportunity 6. 30. During the period in review the Secretariat s work on statistical issues with non-dac providers covered, in addition to ODA, the TOSSD measure. Statistical work includes engaging with these providers of development co-operation to build capacity and exchange views on reporting methodologies and definitions. Examples of engagement activities are statistical seminars, bilateral meetings and non DAC providers being invited to WP-STAT meetings. 31. TOSSD will also be systematically included in the agendas of statistical engagement workshops in future, including the workshop specially dedicated to non-dac providers to be held back-to-back the WP-STAT meeting on 22 June 2017 and a statistical seminar in July 2017 organised in collaboration with the Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. The latter will also discuss how development finance flows could be implemented in countries National Statistical Offices. 6. According to a recent study by the Secretariat, broader international development co-operation by providers beyond the DAC is estimated at USD 300 billion. See "Emerging providers international co-operation for development", in OECD Development Co-operation Working Papers at http://www.oecdilibrary.org/development/emerging-providers-international-co-operation-for-development_15d6a3c7-en. 9