Ms Yasmin Ahmad, OECD

1. Measuring official development
assistance for water and sanitation
Yasmin Ahmad, Development Cooperation Directorate
Water Governance Initiative Meeting
OECD, 9 January 2020

2. Contents
The concept of ODA1
2 Monitoring ODA for water and sanitation

3. The concept of ODA1

4. Data Collection
30
DAC Members
38
Multilateral
organisations
19
non-DAC countries
+ 26 private
foundations
Quality assurance
on 270,000 Aid
activities / year,
aggregate level
data and themes
Who spends what, where, how and for what purpose?
Our statistics are the only source of reliable,
comparable and complete data on development assistance.
Web – Standards, data, topicsOnline databases

5. O
D
A
“Official”: Provided by official agencies,
including state and local governments, or by their
executive agencies
“Developmental”: Administered with the promotion
of the economic development and welfare of
developing countries as its main objective
“Assistance”: Concessional in character.
Provided in the form of grants or soft loans.
ODA Flows to the DAC List of ODA recipients (countries and multilateral
development institutions)
Concept of Official Development Assistance

6. Monitoring ODA for water and sanitation2

7. Detailed CRS sector classification – water
and sanitation
DAC 5 CRS voluntary
code
DESCRIPTION Clarifications / Additional notes on coverage
CODE CODE
110 Education
140 Water Supply & Sanitation
14010
Water sector policy and administrative
management
Water sector policy and governance, including legislation, regulation, planning and management as well as transboundary
management of water; institutional capacity development; activities supporting the Integrated Water Resource Management
approach (IWRM: see box below).
14015
Water resources conservation
(including data collection)
Collection and usage of quantitative and qualitative data on water resources; creation and sharing of water knowledge;
conservation and rehabilitation of inland surface waters (rivers, lakes etc.), ground water and coastal waters; prevention of water
contamination.
14020
Water supply and sanitation - large
systems
Programmes where components according to 14021 and 14022 cannot be identified. When components are known, they should
individually be reported under their respective purpose codes: water supply [14021], sanitation [14022], and hygiene [12261].
14021 Water supply - large systems
Potable water treatment plants; intake works; storage; water supply pumping stations; large scale transmission / conveyance and
distribution systems.
14022 Sanitation - large systems Large scale sewerage including trunk sewers and sewage pumping stations; domestic and industrial waste water treatment plants.
14030
Basic drinking water supply and basic
sanitation
Programmes where components according to 14031 and 14032 cannot be identified. When components are known, they should
individually be reported under their respective purpose codes: water supply [14031], sanitation [14032], and hygiene [12261].
14031 Basic drinking water supply
Rural water supply schemes using handpumps, spring catchments, gravity-fed systems, rainwater collection and fog harvesting,
storage tanks, small distribution systems typically with shared connections/points of use. Urban schemes using handpumps and
local neighbourhood networks including those with shared connections.
14032 Basic sanitation
Latrines, on-site disposal and alternative sanitation systems, including the promotion of household and community investments in
the construction of these facilities. (Use code 12261 for activities promoting improved personal hygiene practices.)
14040 River basins development
Infrastructure-focused integrated river basin projects and related institutional activities; river flow control; dams and reservoirs
[excluding dams primarily for irrigation (31140) and hydropower (23220) and activities related to river transport (21040)].
14050 Waste management/disposal
Municipal and industrial solid waste management, including hazardous and toxic waste; collection, disposal and treatment; landfill
areas; composting and reuse.
14081
Education and training in water supply
and sanitation
Education and training for sector professionals and service providers.
230 Energy
23220 Hydro-electric power plants Including energy generating river barges.
310 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing
31140 Agricultural water resources Irrigation, reservoirs, hydraulic structures, ground water exploitation for agricultural use.

8. Total ODA for the water sector
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
14000
2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016
WatersectorODA(constant2017US$
millions)
Total ODAfor water sector, 2000-2017
Commitment (constant US$millions)
Disbursement (constant US$ millions)

9. Water and sanitation by sub-sector
0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 14,000
2016
2017
Constant 2017USD billion
Water and sanitation - ODA by sub-sector
Other water supply & sanitation Water sector policy & administrative management
Water supply & sanitation - large systems Agricultural water resources
Hydro-electric power plants