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Statistics on International Development 2008

About Statistics on International Development (SID)

This annual report shows how official UK financial resources for international development are spent. Expenditure is broken down by destination country or organisation, type of assistance and purpose. The majority of the data are produced on a mainly cash basis in line with international reporting standards. They are therefore not directly comparable with those reported in DFID’s Departmental Report or Resource Accounts.

The report is structured as follows:

Section 1 provides background information for users of the report, describes what counts as development assistance or aid expenditure and describes the key differences between the data in this report and previously published data.

Section 2 explains key definitions used in the report, such as the difference between the DFID Programme, Gross Public Expenditure on Development (GPEX) and UK Official Development Assistance (ODA).

Section 3 provides a summary of the level of GPEX and more detail of spend by aid type. Data for both DFID and the UK as a whole are presented.
Section 3 also provides a summary of ODA levels for the UK and makes some international comparisons.

Section 4 and Section 5 focus on the destination of UK aid. GPEX and ODA are broken down by recipient country and the UK’s multilateral expenditure by institutions (Section 3). The sectors to which the DFID aid programme is directed are presented (Section 4).

Annex 1 (56 kb) provides recipient country information (such as income status, HIPC status, population, etc). Annex 2 contains a glossary of terms used in this report. Annex 3 explains the different types of UK debt relief and Annex 4, details of the data sources used to produce SID.