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Humanitarian assistancefrom non-DAC donors
This chapter looks at humanitarian assistance reported to the UN OCHA FinancialTracking System (FTS) by non-DAC donors. In order to analyse non-DAC donortrends, humanitarian assistance is put in the wider context of official developmentassistance (ODA) flows. This is followed by more in-depth analysis, which aims toanswer some of the big questions – who are the largest non-DAC donors?Who are the top recipients? What channels is humanitarian assistance deliveredthrough? Which sectors are targeted? Which regions are supported?The role of non-DAC donors in the humanitarian aid system has tended to beovershadowed by that of the DAC members – a group that still contributes themajority of humanitarian aid. However, the analysis in this chapter finds that somenon-DAC donors are now reporting more humanitarian assistance through the FTSthan some Development Assistance Committee (DAC) donors and that the nature of this support is highly significant for some recipients:
Public donations to NGOs, UN agencies andRed Cross and Red Crescent Movement
2007 / US$3.1bn2008 /
data not available in fullHumanitarian assistance from non-DAC donors
2007 / US$341m2008 / US$ 1.1bn
Post-conflict and security-related ODA (DAC donors)
2007 / US$3.1bn2008 /
data not available until December 2009Multilateral official humanitarian assistance(DAC donors to UN agencies)
2007 / US$913m2008 /
data not available until December 2009Bilateral official humanitarian assistance(DAC donors)
2007 / US$7.8bn2008 / US$10.4bn (prelim)
Total official humanitarian assistance(DAC donors)
2007 / US$8.7bn2008 /
data not available in full
20072008
US$15bnUS$18bn
Global humanitarianassistance
 
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Figure 1: ODA from DAC and non-DAC donor countries [Source: Development Initiatives analysisbased on OECD DAC1 data]
    U    S    $   m    i    l    l    i   o   n    (   c   o   n   s   t   a   n   t   2   0   0   7   p   r    i   c   e   s    )
Non-DAC donorsDAC countries
When the DAC was established in 1960, only 14 of the present 22 countries weremembers and a number of current members were aid recipients. In 1987 Greeceand Portugal each received around US$30 million in ODA (equivalent to aroundUS$50 million in today’s prices), 1% of which was emergency aid. Greece is themost recent country to join the DAC, but Korea – which has not received any ODAsince 1995 – will become a member in 2010. Some current non-DAC donors are alsorecipients of ODA from DAC countries, including Turkey, South Africa and India.•top recipients of non-DAC donor assistance receive the majority of theirhumanitarian assistance from non-DAC donors•non-DAC donors are supporting humanitarian crises in ways that are not capturedin humanitarian assistance flows – through the housing of refugees, for example•non-DAC donors are channelling a large percentage of humanitarian assistancethrough multilateral agencies as well as supporting recipient governments.
Humanitarian assistance from non-DAC donors in the contextof official development assistance (ODA)
The DAC has been monitoring official development assistance (ODA) from a numberof non-DAC countries since the 1970s. Although this only captures ODA-like fundingfrom a limited number of non-DAC members, it shows the long-term engagement of non-DAC countries with development cooperation.
80,00070,00060,00050,00040,00030,00020,00010,0001960196419681972197619801984198819921996200020042008
 
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Humanitarian assistance from non-DAC donors
DAC Countries total, 92.5%Czech Republic, 0.1%Hungary, 0.05%Iceland, 0.1%Korea, 0.7%Poland, 0.2%Slovak Republic, 0.04%Turkey, 0.8%Arab Countries, 3.8%Other Donor Countries, 1.1%Arab Agencies, 0.7%
Figure 2: Shares of total ODA from DAC and non-DAC donor countries, 2007 [Source: DevelopmentInitiatives analysis based on OECD DAC1 data]
The volumes of non-DAC ODA are and have been significant.•In 1970 Arab countries were giving more ODA than all other DAC members exceptFrance, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.•In 2007 Korea and Turkey were each giving more ODA than five DAC members andbetween them contributed over US$1 billion in aid.•In 2007, Arab countries reported ODA of US$2.6billion, making them largercontributors than eleven of the 23 DAC members.In DAC reporting, ‘humanitarian aid’is a type of ODA and DAC donors are obliged toreport it along consistent lines each year. However, although eight non-DAC donorsare now reporting ODA to the DAC, they are not required to do so in the same wayas DAC donors. This means that their data is not always disaggregated or completeenough to carry out any further analysis.
Table 1: Countries reporting ODA to the DAC – DAC countries shaded orange [Source: DevelopmentInitiatives analysis based on OECD DAC Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows and DAC1]
19651970198019902000 AustraliaArab countriesSpainLuxembourgHungary (2004) AustriaFinlandPortugal (1987)IcelandBelgium New ZealandKorea (1988)Czech Republic (1993)CanadaIreland (1974)Greece (1996)DenmarkPoland (1975)Turkey (1999)ECSlovak Republic (1999)FranceGermanyItaly JapanNetherlandsNorwaySwedenSwitzerlandUnited KingdomUnited States
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