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Statistics on International Development
1997-2001/02

Statistics on International Development is produced annually to report on development progress in individual aid recipient countries and on the deployment of official UK financial resources to support such progress

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1.1 Income Poverty:
1.2 Education (including Gender Equality)
1.3 Health and Population
1.4 Population
1.5 Environment and Infrastructure

1.6 International Economic Linkages
1.7 National Economic Indicators
7. Bilateral Aid (1997/98-2001/2002)
18. Aid Flows (2000)

Key Statistics for 2001/02:

  • Total DFID programme expenditure was £2909m, an increase of 4 per cent over 2000/01. £1506m (or 52 per cent) of this was bilateral assistance and £1315m (45 per cent) was channelled through multilateral organisations. The remaining £88m was spent on administration.
  • The top five bilateral recipients were India (£185m), Uganda (£68m), Tanzania (£65m), Bangladesh (£62m) and Ghana (£55m).
  • The proportion of bilateral assistance, excluding humanitarian assistance, going to low income countries remained at 78 per cent.
  • 42 per cent of bilateral assistance was spent in Sub Saharan Africa with 39 per cent going to Asia.
  • Humanitarian assistance totalled £328m, £165m of which was spent bilaterally and £162m multilaterally. The top five bilateral recipients were Afghanistan (£50m), Ethiopia (£8m), Iraq (£8m), States of ex-Yugoslavia (£6m) and India (£5.5m). In addition, a contribution of £17m was made to the ICRC and Congo (DR), Sudan and Zimbabwe each received £5m. A further £21m was spent in just 14 countries.
  • £191m of bilateral assistance was channelled through civil society organisations, including £69m of humanitarian assistance.

Notes:

Expenditure for 2001/02 is understated due to the move to resource accounting (see Foreword and glossary for details).
Expenditure in Africa was lower than in 2000/01 due to the understatement of total spend and underspend of the Performance Fund.