Glossary of AidFlows terms
This Glossary is organized alphabetical by section, with the exception of Development Statistics
& Goals.
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OECD
DEFINITIONS
By WBG entity:
 World Bank (IBRD & IDA)
Donor and Beneficiary View terminology
 IFC as set out by
OECD-DAC  MIGA
World Bank Group
DEFINITIONS
By WBG entity:
 World Bank (IBRD & IDA)
By WBG entity:
 World Bank (IBRD & IDA)
 IFC
 MIGA
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Asian Development Bank DEFINITIONS:
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OECD DEFINITIONS:
Bilateral ODA
Bilateral transactions are those undertaken by a donor country
directly with an aid recipient. They also include transactions with
national and international non-government organizations active in
development and other internal development-related transactions
such as interest subsidies, spending on promotion of development
awareness and administrative costs. Bilateral ODA includes project
and programme aid, technical cooperation, developmental food
aid, debt relief and humanitarian aid.
Commitment
A firm obligation, expressed in writing and backed by the necessary
funds, undertaken by an official donor to provide specified
assistance to a recipient country or a multilateral organisation.
Bilateral commitments are recorded in the full amount of expected
transfer, irrespective of the time required for the completion
of disbursements. Commitments to multilateral organisations are
reported as the sum of (i) any disbursements in the year reported
on which have not previously been notified as commitments and (ii)
expected disbursements in the following year.
Constant Dollars
In DAC publications, flow data are expressed in US dollars (USD). To
give a truer idea of the volume of flows over time, data can be
presented in constant prices and exchange rates, with a reference
year specified. This means that adjustment has been made to cover
both inflation in the donor’s currency between the year in question
and the reference year, and changes in the exchange rate between
that currency and the United States dollar over the same period.
The DAC has developed deflators for resource flows that convert
data in current dollars (i.e. using the exchange rates prevailing in
the year of the flow) to data in constant dollars (i.e. to dollars with
the purchasing power they had in a recent reference year). The
methodology is explained on the OECD’s website.
The OECD section of the of AidFlows contains data stated in
constant US dollars with the exception of the two graphs in the
tab "ODA as % of GNI & per Capita" which are in current dollars as
as percentages, the current/constant distinction is irrelevant.
Development Assistance
Committee (DAC):
Development Assistance Committee (DAC) is the specialized
committee of the OECD that serves as a forum for discussions on
aid and development among the main Western aid donors. It
comprises 23 countries and the European Commission (EC). For the
purpose of data reporting, the EC is not included.
DAC Members
The DAC has 24 DAC members:
1. Australia
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Austria
Belgium
Canada
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Korea
Luxembourg
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States
European Union Institutions
DAC-EU Members
Members of the European Union that are also members of the DAC.
This set of countries does not include the entire membership of the
European Union.
Debt Relief
Includes total debt forgiveness and other action on debt such as
debt conversion and debt buybacks.
Disbursement
The release of funds to or the purchase of goods or services for a
recipient; by extension, the amount thus spent. Disbursements
record the actual international transfer of financial resources, or of
goods or services valued at the cost to the donor. In the case of
activities carried out in donor countries, such as training,
administration or public awareness programmes, disbursement is
taken to have occurred when the funds have been transferred to
the service provider or the recipient. They may be recorded gross
(the total amount disbursed over a given accounting period) or net
(the gross amount less any repayments of loan principal or
recoveries on grants received during the same period). It can take
several years to disburse a commitment.
European Union
Note: The data referred to under European Union is calculated as a
sum of available data for EU countries.
G7
Note: The data referred to under G7 are calculated as a sum of
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available data for G7 countries.
G8
Note: The data referred to under G8 are calculated as a sum of
available data for G8 countries.
Gross National Income (GNI)
Gross National Income (GNI): previously known as Gross National
Product (GNP), Gross National Income comprises the total value of
goods and services produced within a country (i.e. its Gross
Domestic Product), together with its income received from other
countries (notably interest and dividends), less similar payments
made to other countries.
Multilateral ODA
Multilateral contributions made by a donor to a recipient institution
which:
1. conducts all or part of its activities in favor of development;
2. is an international agency, institution or organization whose
members are governments, or a fund managed autonomously by
such an agency; and
3. pools contributions so that they lose their identity and become
an integral part of its financial assets.
*Data refers to grants and capital subscriptions only. Loan
information can be obtained from OECD/DAC’s table 2a.
Multilateral ODA: Other
Agencies
Other Agencies refer to Multilateral Development Banks, UN
Agencies and other organizations such as the GFATM.
New Contributions
Derived by subtracting debt relief from total ODA.
Net Debt Relief Grants
Includes debt forgiveness, other action on debt, and offsetting debt
reorganization. Rescheduled loans are not included.
Official Development Assistance
(ODA)
Official Development Assistance (ODA) is defined as those flows to
developing countries on the DAC List of ODA Recipients and to
multilateral development institutions which are:
1. provided by official agencies, including state and local
governments, or by their executive agencies;
2. and each transaction of which:
a. is administered with the promotion of the economic
development and welfare of developing countries as its main
objective; and
b. is concessional in character and conveys a grant element of at
least 25 per cent (calculated at a rate of discount of 10 percent
per annum).
ODA data in this report are based on net disbursements in current
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US dollars (Table DAC1).
Non-ODA eligible beneficiaries
For beneficiary countries that are not included in DAC’s List of ODA
Recipients, ODA as reported in aidflows refers to “Official
Assistance”
Below is a list of non-ODA eligible countries and applies to 2009 and
2010 flows:
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American Samoa
Aruba
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bermuda
Brunei
Bulgaria
Cayman Islands
Czech Republic
French Polynesia
Gibraltar
Hong Kong SAR
Hungary
Korea, Rep of
Latvia
Lithuania
Macao SAR
Malta
Netherlands Antilles
New Caledonia
Northern Mariana Islands
Romania
Russian Federation
Slovak Rep
Slovenia
Turks and Caicos
Virgin Islands, British
Other Multilaterals
In this report, comprise UN agencies, European Commission (EC),
Montreal Protocol (MP), Global Environment Facility (GEF), Regional
Development Banks (RDBs), and other recipient institutions as
defined above. The Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis, and
Malaria (GFATM) reported in Bilateral ODA.
Recipient institutions
Multilateral agencies such as UN agencies, EC development
agencies, IDA, GEF, Regional Development Banks, etc.
Sector Allocable Aid
As only a portion of aid can be allocated to sectors, when measuring
shares of aid to specific sectors it is recommended to limit the
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denominator to aid that can be apportioned. Otherwise there is an
implicit assumption that none of the aid unallocable by sector
benefits the specific sectors under review. Sector allocable
contributions cover sectors 100 to 400 or purpose codes 11110 to
43082 of the list. Contributions not subject to allocation include
general budget support, actions related to debt, humanitarian aid
and internal transactions in the donor country.
World Bank
Comprises International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
(IBRD), International Development Association (IDA),
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), and
International Finance Corporation (IFC). (In World Bank
terminology, the four listed institutions comprise the World Bank
Group, and the term “World Bank” applies to IBRD or IBRD and IDA
together.)
WORLD BANK GROUP DEFINITIONS:
Fiscal year
July 1 to June 30
International Bank for
Reconstruction and
Development (IBRD)
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
makes loans and grants and provides analytical and advisory services
to middle-income and creditworthy poorer countries, promoting
sustainable development to reduce poverty.
International Development
Association (IDA)
IDA generally provides interest-free loans (“credits”) and grants to
the poorest developing countries in order to boost their economic
growth and improve living conditions. IDA complements the World
Bank's other lending arm - the International Bank for Reconstruction
and Development (IBRD).
International Finance
Corporation (IFC)
IFC promotes private sector investment in client countries.
International Centre for
Settlement of Investment
Disputes (ICSID)
ICSID settles investment disputes between foreign investors and
their host countries.
Multilateral Investment
Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
MIGA provides political risk insurance (guarantees) to investors and
lenders in client countries.
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WORLD BANK (IBRD & IDA) DEFINITIONS
Donor View Definitions:
Amounts Paid-in
see note on Contributions Paid-in
Amounts Subject to Call (IBRD)
The subscription of each member is in two parts: paid-in and subject
to call. The callable portion may be called by IBRD only as needed to
meet its bond and guarantee obligations.
Contributions
Funds provided or to be provided based on the basis of a signed
agreement between Donor(s) and IDA or the Bank (as trustee/
administrator for the trust fund).
Contributions Paid-In
Amount of Contribution received by the Bank in the form of Cash or
Promissory Notes. All contributions paid-in (cash and promissory
notes, net of certain discounts) are reported based on historical
values using the date of receipt. For cash receipts, the Foreign
Exchange value is posted when the FX conversion has been effected.
For trust funds, Contributions paid-In may include Contribution
transfers from other trust funds. Where applicable, transfer
amounts are footnoted on a cumulative basis; and in presentation of
the total contribution amount net of transfers between trust funds
by fiscal year.
For FIFs, contributions-paid in may include transfers to or from other
funds. Minor double counting may occur.
Donor
Any entity including sovereign governments, intergovernmental
institutions, private nonprofit entities, and private for-profit
organizations that contributes funds to IDA or to be held in trust by
IBRD. A World Bank Group entity is considered a donor when
making a contribution from its own income or from surplus.
Financial Intermediary Funds
Trust funds that involve financial engineering or complex financial
mechanisms, or where the Bank provides a specified set of
administrative, financial, or operational services.
Fiscal year
July 1 to June 30
IDA and GEF Replenishment
data (Historical US$ M)
The value of contributions using the corresponding Replenishment at
the agreed exchange rate.
IDA Replenishments
The process of periodic review of the adequacy of IDA resources and
authorization of additional subscriptions. Under IDA's Board of
Governors, Replenishments require approval by a two-thirds
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majority of the total voting power.
IDA Replenishment data (Historical US$ M and Basic Share %) amounts show the value of contributions using the corresponding
Replenishment agreed exchange rate. Basic Share % represents
donor basic burdenshare for IDA replenishments. Supplemental
amounts are any amounts contributed beyond the amount of the
basic burdenshare.
ID00
FY84
SPLF
SFA
= Initial Subscription for Membership
= FY84 account (special contributions provided in FY84)
= Special Facility Fund (special contributions provided in FY84)
= Special Facility (special contributions provided in FY86-88 for
the African Facility Fund)
INTF = Interim Trust Fund - First year of IDA11 (FY97)
MDRI = Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative
GEF Replenishments
GEF Replenishment data (Historical US$ M and Basic Share %) amounts show the value of contributions using the corresponding
Replenishment agreed exchange rate. Basic Share % represents
donor basic burdenshare for GEF replenishments. Contributions to
the GEF Pilot Phase (GF00) and contributions from recipient donors
are not structured based on burden-sharing and therefore basic
shares are not applicable.
GF00 = GEF Pilot Phase
GF01 = First Replenishment of the GEF
GF02 = Second Replenishment of the GEF
GF03 = Third Replenishment of the GEF
GF04 = Fourth Replenishment of the GEF
GF05= Fifth Replenishment of the GEF
Grant
Funds made available to an external recipient or the Bank for
implementation of development activities that carry no repayment
obligation when utilized for the agreed activities. Grant amounts are
included in Commitment figures and Disbursements. Grant amounts
are not included in Outstanding Balances considering that grant
funds disbursed are not repayable.
Outstanding Contributions
Amount of the Contribution yet to be paid-in.
Promissory Note
A promise to pay which is irrevocable and legally binding. Promissory
notes are payable on demand, can be paid in accordance with
agreed schedules, and are non-interest bearing.
Ranking
Rank in descending order of members with respect to % of Voting
Power.
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Recipient Executed Trust Fund
Recipient Executed Trust Funds are used to prepare and co-finance
IBRD/IDA projects, GEF projects and to fully finance other Recipient
Executed (RE) Projects. The Bank introduced the RE Product Line
in June 2006 as a step among others towards enhanced recording of
deliverables and cost relating to such recipient executed, trust fund
financed, projects.
Subscribed Amounts (IBRD, IFC,
MIGA)
Amount of shares allocated or authorized under a specific Board of
Governors resolution, and issued to members.
Trust Fund
A financing arrangement set up with contributions from one or more
donors and in some cases from a World Bank Group entity. A Trust
Fund can be country specific, regional, or global in its geographic
scope; it can be free-standing, i.e., financing a set of pre-defined
activities, or it can be on a programmatic basis.
Trust Fund data (Donor view only) includes all TF types but excludes
Externally Funded Outputs (EFOs) and ICSID trust funds. Trust Fund
data in the Beneficiary view includes only Recipient Executed Trust
Funds.
Trustee (column under “All
Funds” tab)
Refers to the TF number used in the World Bank system to identify
the account to which contributions are received from donors.
The World Bank
The World Bank or “the Bank” generally refers to IBRD or IBRD and
IDA together.
Unsubscribed Shares (%) (IBRD,
IFC, MIGA)
% of shares not allocated or authorized to a member under a specific
Board of Governors resolution.
Unsubscribed Voting Power (%)
(IBRD)
See unsubscribed shares.
Voting Power (IBRD, IFC, MIGA)
Each shareholder is allocated a certain number of votes linked to the
size of its shareholding. The votes include a specified number of
membership votes (which is the same for all members) and
additional votes based on the number of shares held. The number of
votes of a member expressed as a percentage of the total number of
votes held by all shareholders is the member’s voting power.
Voting Power (IDA)
IDA's voting rights consist of a combination of membership and
subscription votes.
Voting rights accorded to IDA members are based on participation in
the initial subscription and subsequent replenishments. All members
-- Part I and Part II -- have the same number of membership votes.
Voting rights accorded to IDA members are based on subscriptions
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and contributions. Subscription votes are calculated at a specific cost
per vote for each replenishment and are dependent on each
members' subscription amount. Additional votes are provided to
members who contribute to the replenishment.
WORLD BANK (IBRD & IDA) DEFINITIONS
Beneficiary View Definitions:
Disbursements (by fiscal year)
Principal outflow in the course of the fiscal year.
Donor
Any entity including sovereign governments, intergovernmental
institutions, private nonprofit entities, and private for-profit
organizations that contributes funds to IDA or to be held in trust by
IBRD. A World Bank Group entity is considered a donor when
making a contribution from its own income or from surplus.
Fiscal year
July 1 to June 30
Grant
Funds made available to an external recipient or the Bank for
implementation of development activities that carry no repayment
obligation when utilized for the agreed activities. Grant amounts are
included in Commitment figures and Disbursements. Grant amounts
are not included in Outstanding Balances considering that grant
funds disbursed are not repayable.
Gross Commitments (by fiscal
year)
Total amount of loan and grant approvals by the Executive Directors
of the World Bank in the course of a fiscal year. Amounts include
guarantees approved by the Board of Directors during the fiscal year.
IBRD/IDA TF Co-financed
An arrangement under which funds provided by third parties (the cofinancier(s)) are associated with IBRD/IDA funds or guarantees
provided for a particular project or program.
IBRD/IDA TF Disbursements
Disbursements made under an IBRD/IDA Trust Fund Program: A set
of Trust Fund(s) with shared development objective(s) established
under a common governance set-up.
Number of IBRD/IDA & TF
Projects
The total number of grants approved in the course of a fiscal year.
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Outstanding Balances
Stock amount of the cumulative principal disbursements to clients,
which remains outstanding at fiscal year-end. IDA grant amounts are
not included.
Undisbursed Commitments (as
of a fiscal year-end)
Stock amount available for disbursement at fiscal year-end.
Amounts do not include guarantees. For IDA, undisbursed grant
amounts are included.
World Bank
The World Bank or “the Bank” generally refers to IBRD or IBRD and
IDA together.
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WORLD BANK GROUP DEFINITIONS
IFC Definitions:
B-loans
Loans for which IFC is lender of record and in which commercial banks
or other financial institutions acquire participations. Participants
share risks with IFC, Pari Passu. IFC will originate loan for account of
participants only when it makes A-Loan for its own account. Interest,
or participation, of banks in B-loan is always non-recourse to IFC.
Disbursement
Principal outflow from IFC to a client, in accordance with the
Investment Agreement.
Fiscal year
July 1 to June 30
Gross Commitments (by fiscal
year)
Amount of the legal obligations, entered into by IFC in the course of a
fiscal year, to provide financial products to IFC clients, including the
amount related to any B-loans.
Investment Agreement
Set of legal documents defining contractual rights and obligations
between IFC and a client related to the provision of Financial
Products, including Restructuring and Rescheduling agreements.
Outstanding Balances
Stock amount of disbursements to clients, which remains outstanding
at fiscal year-end. Outstanding balances are IFC’s exposure to a client
(not including B-loans), calculated according to product, as follows:
For Loans
For Equity
For Guarantee
Undisbursed Commitments
(as of a fiscal year-end)
Cumulative principal disbursements from IFC to a client in accordance
with the Investment Agreement, net of Sales, Transfers, Repayments,
Prepayments, Discounts, Write-Off - External, Write-Off - Internal,
Conversions, and Capitalizations. Amounts paid for Purchased Loan IFC and Notional Disbursements are included.
Cumulative principal disbursements from IFC to a client, in
accordance with the Investment Agreement, net of Sales, Transfers,
Write-Off - External, Write-Off - Internal, Conversions, and receipts
from oil-related Unincorporated Joint Ventures (UJV) (which will
reduce the amount until the balance for the project is zero).
IFC’s contingent financial obligation, based on a client's underlying
outstanding financial obligation to the guaranteed party.
Stock amount (net of cancellations and excluding B-loans) available
for disbursement to, or execution for or with, a client, in accordance
with IFC’s current legal obligation at fiscal year-end.
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WORLD BANK GROUP DEFINITIONS:
MIGA Definitions:
Gross Exposure
The maximum amount of MIGA's contingent liability that it may be
obligated to pay in the event of claims under its insurance contracts.
Net Exposure
Gross Exposure, less amounts that have been ceded to the
reinsurers.
Fiscal year
July 1 to June 30
Gross Guarantees Issued
The amount of insurance contracts underwritten during the fiscal
year.
Net Guarantees Issued
Gross Guarantees issued, less amounts that have been ceded to the
reinsurers.
Undisbursed Commitments (as
of a fiscal year-end)
In the MIGA context, this term refers to Gross Exposure. Because
the other World Bank Group entities are included in this graph, more
general terminology was selected for the title in order to capture a
degree of similarity across the Group. The amounts shown for MIGA
and the other WBG entities are not directly comparable due to
differing meanings for “commitment” across the entities.
Trust Fund Definitions:
Administration Agreement
Agreement between the Bank and a donor specifying a Trust Fund’s
purposes and scope of activities. An administration agreement also
defines the nature of the Bank’s relationship with the donor and
spells out, among other things, the arrangements governing the use
of funds, progress and financial reporting, cost recovery fee,
auditing, and disclosure of information.
Bank-Executed Trust Funds
Trust Funds that support the Bank’s work program.
Cash contributions
Amount of contributions received by the Bank in the form of cash
(including encashment of Promissory Notes).
Commitments
Approval of financing for project(s) or activity(ies).
Grant Commitments
The amount of grant funds committed in the course of a fiscal year.
Gross Commitments by
Total amount of financing for project(s) or activity(ies) approved by
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fiscal year
fiscal year.
Undisbursed
Commitments as of a
fiscal year-end
Total amount of financing for project(s) or activity(ies) approved net
of cancellations, disbursements and transfers made.
Disbursement
Payment made out of a Trust Fund account to eligible recipients, in
accordance with the Administration Agreement, not including
transfers from one Trust Fund to another.
For FIFs, disbursements refer to transfers to recipients approved by
the governing body.
Donor
Any entity, including sovereign governments, intergovernmental
institutions, private nonprofit entities, and private for-profit
organizations, that makes funds available to be held in trust by IBRD.
An entity of the World Bank Group is considered a donor when
contributing to trust funds from its own net income or surplus.
Fiscal year
July 1 to June 30
Grant
Funds provided from a trust fund to an external recipient or the Bank
for implementation of trust-funded activities that carry no
repayment obligation when utilized for the agreed activities. The
external recipient agrees to implement the grant activities by signing
a grant agreement.
Grant Agreement
Agreement between the Bank and an external recipient of a trust
fund, which governs the use of the donor’s grant. The agreement
spells out the respective responsibilities of the Bank and the
recipient.
IBRD/IDA TF Co-financed
An arrangement under which funds provided by third parties [the cofinancier(s)] are associated with IBRD/IDA funds or guarantees
provided for a particular project or program.
IBRD/IDA TF Disbursements
Disbursement made under an IBRD/IDA Trust Fund TF Program: A
set of Trust Fund(s) with shared development objective(s)
established under a common governance set-up.
Number of IBRD/IDA & TF
Projects
The total number of grants approved in the course of a fiscal year. A
grant is considered approved when the World Bank Program
Manager (or donor in rare cases) clears the Grant Funding Request.
Outstanding Balances
Stock amount of disbursements to clients, which remains
outstanding at fiscal year-end. Amounts disbursed as grants as not
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considered in outstanding amounts by their nature as grants.
Promissory note
A document containing a promise to pay which is irrevocable and
legally binding. Promissory notes are payable on demand, in
accordance with agreed schedules, and are non-interest bearing.
Recipient
Any entity that receives Trust Fund monies, including governmental,
quasi-governmental, nongovernmental, or private institutions. The
Bank may itself be the recipient of a Trust Fund in support of Bank
activities.
Recipient-Executed Trust Fund
A Trust Fund Grant that is provided to a third party under a grant
agreement, and for which the Bank plays an operational role – i.e.,
the Bank normally appraises and supervises activities financed by
these funds.
Stand-alone TF project
A project financed exclusively by a Trust Fund.
Trust Fund (TF)
A financing arrangement in support of defined development
objective(s) set up with contributions from one or more donors, and
in some cases from an entity of the World Bank Group. A Trust Fund
can be country specific, regional, or global in its geographic scope; it
can be freestanding, i.e., financing a set of pre-defined activities, or
on a programmatic basis.
Trust Fund data (Donor view only) includes all TF types but excludes
Externally Funded Outputs (EFOs) and ICSID trust funds.
Trust Fund data in the Beneficiary view includes only Recipient
Executed Trust Funds, Carbon Funds, and co-financing portion of
IBRD/IDA lending.
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Development Statistics and Goals:
Beneficiary
Recipient of funds or other benefits.
Key Development Indicators
Selected indicators from among the primary World Bank collection of
development indicators, compiled from officially-recognized
international sources. They present the most current and accurate
global development data available, and include national, regional
and global estimates.
Millennium Development Goals
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight international
development goals that all 192 United Nations member states and at
least 23 international organizations have agreed to achieve by the
year 2015. They include eradicating extreme poverty, reducing child
mortality rates, fighting disease epidemics such as AIDS, and
developing a global partnership for development.
GNI per capita
GNI per capita (formerly GNP per capita) is the gross national
income, converted to U.S. dollars using the World Bank Atlas
method, divided by the midyear population. GNI is the sum of value
added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less
subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of
primary income (compensation of employees and property income)
from abroad. GNI, calculated in national currency, is usually
converted to U.S. dollars at official exchange rates for comparisons
across economies, although an alternative rate is used when the
official exchange rate is judged to diverge by an exceptionally large
margin from the rate actually applied in international transactions.
To smooth fluctuations in prices and exchange rates, a special Atlas
method of conversion is used by the World Bank. This applies a
conversion factor that averages the exchange rate for a given year
and the two preceding years, adjusted for differences in rates of
inflation between the country, and through 2000, the G-5 countries
(France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United
States). From 2001, these countries include the Euro area, Japan, the
United Kingdom, and the United States.
Source World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National
Accounts data files.
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Surface area
Population ages 15 to 64
Population growth
Urban population (% of total)
Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland
bodies of water and some coastal waterways.
Source Food and Agriculture Organization.
Population ages 15 to 64 is the total population that is in the age
group 15 to 64. Population is based on the de facto definition of
population.
Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of
growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a
percentage. Population is based on the de facto definition of
population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or
citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the
country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the
population of the country of origin.
Source Derived from total population. Population source: (1) United
Nations Population Division. 2009. World Population Prospects: The
2008 Revision. New York, United Nations, Department of Economic
and Social Affairs.
Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by
national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank
population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations
World Urbanization Prospects.
Source United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.
GNI, Atlas method (current US$) GNI (formerly GNP) is the sum of value added by all resident
producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the
valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income
(compensation of employees and property income) from abroad.
Data are in current U.S. dollars. GNI, calculated in national currency,
is usually converted to U.S. dollars at official exchange rates for
comparisons across economies, although an alternative rate is used
when the official exchange rate is judged to diverge by an
exceptionally large margin from the rate actually applied in
international transactions. To smooth fluctuations in prices and
exchange rates, a special Atlas method of conversion is used by the
World Bank. This applies a conversion factor that averages the
exchange rate for a given year and the two preceding years, adjusted
for differences in rates of inflation between the country, and through
2000, the G-5 countries (France, Germany, Japan, the United
Kingdom, and the United States). From 2001, these countries include
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GNI per capita, Atlas method
(current US$)
GNI per capita, PPP (current
international $)
GDP growth (annual %)
the Euro area, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Source World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National
Accounts data files.
GNI per capita (formerly GNP per capita) is the gross national
income, converted to U.S. dollars using the World Bank Atlas
method, divided by the midyear population. GNI is the sum of value
added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less
subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of
primary income (compensation of employees and property income)
from abroad. GNI, calculated in national currency, is usually
converted to U.S. dollars at official exchange rates for comparisons
across economies, although an alternative rate is used when the
official exchange rate is judged to diverge by an exceptionally large
margin from the rate actually applied in international transactions.
To smooth fluctuations in prices and exchange rates, a special Atlas
method of conversion is used by the World Bank. This applies a
conversion factor that averages the exchange rate for a given year
and the two preceding years, adjusted for differences in rates of
inflation between the country, and through 2000, the G-5 countries
(France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United
States). From 2001, these countries include the Euro area, Japan, the
United Kingdom, and the United States.
Source World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National
Accounts data files.
GNI per capita based on purchasing power parity (PPP). PPP GNI is
gross national income (GNI) converted to international dollars using
purchasing power parity rates. An international dollar has the same
purchasing power over GNI as a U.S. dollar has in the United States.
GNI is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any
product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output
plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees
and property income) from abroad. Data are in current international
dollars.
Source World Bank, International Comparison Program database
Annual percentage growth rate of GDP at market prices based on
constant local currency. Aggregates are based on constant 2000 U.S.
dollars. GDP is the sum of gross value added by all resident
producers in the economy plus any product taxes and minus any
subsidies not included in the value of the products. It is calculated
without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or
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Poverty headcount ratio at
$1.25 a day (PPP) (% of
population)
Poverty gap at national poverty
line
Life expectancy at birth, total
(years)
Infant Mortality rate (per 1,000
live births)
Malnutrition prevalence (% of
children under 5)
for depletion and degradation of natural resources.
Source World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National
Accounts data files.
Population below $1.25 a day is the percentage of the population
living on less than $1.25 a day at 2005 international prices. As a
result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual
countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier
editions. Note: Data showing as 2.0 signifies a poverty rate of less
than 2.0 percent.
Source World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based
on primary household survey data obtained from government
statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for
high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study
database.
Poverty gap at national poverty line is the mean shortfall from the
poverty line (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall) as a
percentage of the poverty line. This measure reflects the depth of
poverty as well as its incidence.
Source World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based
on World Bank's country poverty assessments and country Poverty
Reduction Strategies.
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn
infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its
birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
Source Derived from male and female life expectancy at birth. Male
and female life expectancy source: (1) United Nations Population
Division. 2009. World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision. New
York, United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affair
Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching
one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.
Source Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF,
WHO, World Bank, UNPD, universities and research institutions).
Prevalence of child malnutrition is the percentage of children under
age 5 whose weight for age is more than two standard deviations
below the median for the international reference population ages 059 months. The data are based on the WHO's new child growth
standards released in 2006.
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Literacy rate, adult male (% of
males ages 15 and above)
Literacy rate, adult female (% of
females ages 15 and above)
School enrollment, primary,
female (% gross)
School enrollment, primary,
male (% gross)
Improved water source (% of
population with access)
Source World Health Organization, Global Database on Child Growth
and Malnutrition.
Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above
who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple
statement on their everyday life.
Source United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.
Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above
who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple
statement on their everyday life.
Source United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.
Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of
age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to
the level of education shown. Primary education provides children
with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an
elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography,
natural science, social science, art, and music.
Source United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.
Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of
age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to
the level of education shown. Primary education provides children
with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an
elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography,
natural science, social science, art, and music.
Source United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.
Access to an improved water source refers to the percentage of the
population with reasonable access to an adequate amount of water
from an improved source, such as a household connection, public
standpipe, borehole, protected well or spring, and rainwater
collection. Unimproved sources include vendors, tanker trucks, and
unprotected wells and springs. Reasonable access is defined as the
availability of at least 20 liters a person a day from a source within
one kilometer of the dwelling.
Source World Health Organization and United Nations Children's
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Improved sanitation facilities (%
of population with access)
Share of income or
consumption to the poorest
quintile
School enrollment, primary (%
net)
Primary completion rate, total
(% of relevant age group)
School enrollment, secondary
(% gross)
Fund, Joint Measurement Programme (JMP)
(http://www.wssinfo.org/)
Access to improved sanitation facilities refers to the percentage of
the population with at least adequate access to excreta disposal
facilities that can effectively prevent human, animal, and insect
contact with excreta. Improved facilities range from simple but
protected pit latrines to flush toilets with a sewerage connection. To
be effective, facilities must be correctly constructed and properly
maintained.
Source World Health Organization and United Nations Children's
Fund, Joint Measurement Programme (JMP)
(http://www.wssinfo.org/)
Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues
to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles.
Source World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based
on primary household survey data obtained from government
statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for
high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study
database.
Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age
based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997
who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding
official school age. Primary education provides children with basic
reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary
understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural
science, social science, art, and music.
Source United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.
Primary completion rate is the percentage of students completing
the last year of primary school. It is calculated by taking the total
number of students in the last grade of primary school, minus the
number of repeaters in that grade, divided by the total number of
children of official graduation age.
Source United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.
Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of
age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to
the level of education shown. Secondary education completes the
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provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and
aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human
development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction
using more specialized teachers.
Youth Literacy rate, total (% of
people ages 15-24)
Source United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.
Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can,
with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on
their everyday life.
Source United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.
Ratio of girls to boys in primary
and secondary education (%)
Women employed in the
nonagricultural sector (% of
nonagricultural employment)
Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education is the
percentage of girls to boys enrolled at primary and secondary levels
in public and private schools.
Source United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.
Share of women employed in the nonagricultural sector is the share
of female workers in the nonagricultural sector (industry and
services), expressed as a percentage of total employment in the
nonagricultural sector. Industry includes mining and quarrying
(including oil production), manufacturing, construction, electricity,
gas, and water, corresponding to divisions 2-5 (ISIC revision 2) or
tabulation categories C-F (ISIC revision 3). Services include wholesale
and retail trade and restaurants and hotels; transport, storage, and
communications; financing, insurance, real estate, and business
services; and community, social, and personal servicescorresponding to divisions 6-9 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation
categories G-P (ISIC revision 3).
Source International Labour Organization, Key Indicators of the
Labour Market database.
Proportion of seats held by
women in national parliaments
(%)
Under-5 mortality rate
Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in
a single or lower chamber held by women.
Source United Nations, Women's Indicators and Statistics database
(www.ipu.org)
Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn
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baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to current agespecific mortality rates.
Measles immunization (% of 1
year olds immunized)
Maternal Mortality Ratio
Births attended by skilled
health staff (% of total)
Contraceptive Prevalence
Source Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF,
WHO, World Bank, UNPD, universities and research institutions).
Child immunization measures the percentage of children ages 12-23
months who received vaccinations before 12 months or at any time
before the survey. A child is considered adequately immunized
against measles after receiving one dose of vaccine.
Source WHO and UNICEF
(http://www.who.int/immunization_monitoring/routine/en/).
Maternal mortality ratio is the number of women who die during
pregnancy and childbirth, per 100,000 live births. The data are
estimated with a regression model using information on fertility,
birth attendants, and HIV prevalence.
Source Maternal Mortality: Estimates Developed by WHO, UNICEF,
UNFPA and the World Bank.
Births attended by skilled health staff are the percentage of
deliveries attended by personnel trained to give the necessary
supervision, care, and advice to women during pregnancy, labor, and
the postpartum period; to conduct deliveries on their own; and to
care for newborns.
Source UNICEF, State of the World's Children, Childinfo, and
Demographic and Health Surveys by Macro International.
Contraceptive prevalence rate is the percentage of women who are
practicing, or whose sexual partners are practicing, any form of
contraception. It is usually measured for married women ages 15-49
only.
Prevalence of HIV, (% of total
population ages 15-49)
Source Household surveys, including Demographic and Health
Surveys by Macro International and Multiple Indicator Cluster
Surveys by UNICEF.
Prevalence of HIV refers to the percentage of people ages 15-49 who
are infected with HIV.
Incidence of Tuberculosis (per
100,000 people)
Source UNAIDS and the WHO's Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic.
Incidence of tuberculosis is the estimated number of new
pulmonary, smear positive, and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis cases.
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Forest area (% of land area)
Terrestrial protected areas (%
of total surface area)
Source World Health Organization, Global Tuberculosis Control
Report.
Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at
least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree
stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit
plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and
gardens.
Source Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web
site.
Terrestrial protected areas are those officially documented by
national authorities.
Source United Nations Environmental Program and the World
Conservation Monitoring Centre, as compiled by the World
Resources Institute, based on data from national authorities,
national legislation and international agreements.
CO2 Emissions (metric tons per
capita)
GDP per unit of energy use
(constant 2005 PPP $ per kg of
oil equivalent)
Carbon dioxide emissions are those stemming from the burning of
fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement. They include carbon
dioxide produced during consumption of solid, liquid, and gas fuels
and gas flaring.
Source Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Environmental
Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, United
States.
GDP per unit of energy use is the PPP GDP per kilogram of oil
equivalent of energy use. PPP GDP is gross domestic product
converted to 2005 constant international dollars using purchasing
power parity rates. An international dollar has the same purchasing
power over GDP as a U.S. dollar has in the United States.
Source International Energy Agency, and World Bank PPP data.
Telephone mainlines per 100
people
Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's
terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and
that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital
network channels and fixed wireless subscribers are included. Note:
Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for thirdparty use of these data.
Source International Telecommunication Union, World
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Mobile Phone Subscriptions per
100 people
Internet Users per 100 people
Personal Computers per 100
people
Telecommunication Development Report and database, and World
Bank estimates.
Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public
mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide
access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and
prepaid subscriptions are included. Note: Please cite the
International Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these
data.
Source International Telecommunication Union, World
Telecommunication Development Report and database, and World
Bank estimates.
Internet users are people with access to the worldwide network.
Note: Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for
third-party use of these data.
Source International Telecommunication Union, World
Telecommunication Development Report and database, and World
Bank estimates
Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be
used by a single individual. Note: Please cite the International
Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these data.
Source International Telecommunication Union, World
Telecommunication Development Report and database, and World
Bank estimates
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AidFlows Acronyms:
AAPI/NATF
Africa AIDS Prevention Initiative/Norwegian AIDS Trust Fund
ACBF
Africa Capacity Building Foundation
ACGF
African Catalytic Growth Fund
ADAPT
Adaptation Fund
ADB
Asian Development Bank
AFDB
African Development Bank
AHIF
Avian and Human Influenza Trust Fund
AMC
Advanced Market Commitments
APOC II
African Program for Onchocerciasis Control Phase II
ARTF
Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund
BEC-TF
Basic Education Capacity Trust Fund
BICF
Bangladesh Investment Climate Fund
BioCF
BioCarbon Fund
BHTF
Bosnia and Herzegovina Fund
BNPP
Bank-Netherlands Partnership Program
BPMLRI
Booster Program for Malaria Control in Africa
BPRP
Belgium Poverty Reduction Partnership Program
BRF
Pilot Program to Conserve the Brazilian Rain Forest
CA
Cities Alliance
CAADP
Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme
CADF
Carbon Asset Development Fund
CARBON
Carbon Fund Program
CASM
Communities and Small-Scale Mining Initiative
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CCRIF
Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility
CCS TF
Carbon Capture and Storage Trust Fund
CDCF
Community Development Carbon Fund
CDM
Clean Development Mechanism (of the Kyoto Protocol)
CEBTF
China Education Blend Trust Fund
CF-ASSIST
Carbon Finance Assist Program
CFE
Carbon Fund for Europe
CGAP
Consultative Group to Assist the Poor
CGIAR
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
CIF
Climate Investment Funds
COM+
Alliance of Communicators
COMMDEV
Community Development Fund
CommGAP
Communication for Governance and Accountability Program
CPF
Carbon Partnership Facility
CPTF
Canadian Persistent Organic Pollutants Trust Fund
CSCF/SCF
Strategic Climate Fund
CTF/ CCTF
Clean Technology Fund
DCF
Danish Carbon Fund
DDR
Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration
DEC-TC
Multidonor Transparency and Competitiveness Trust Fund
DeMPA
Debt Management Performance Assessment
DevCo
Infrastructure Development Collaboration Partnership Fund
DFSG
Diagnostic Facility for Shared Growth
DGF
Development Grant Facility
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DM
Development Marketplace
DMF
Debt Management Facility
DRCR
Emergency Program for Ex-Combatants
DRF
Debt Reduction Facility
DRTF
Debt Relief Trust Fund
DSF
Indonesia Decentralization Support Facility
DS
Debt Service Fund
EAAIG
East Asia and Pacific Infrastructure for Growth Trust Fund
EC
European Commission
EFA-FTI
Education For All Fast Track Initiative
EFSP
Externally Funded Staffing Program
EI-TAF
Extractive Industries Technical Advisory Facility
ESMAP
Energy Sector Management Assistance Program
EPDF
Education for All – Fast Track Initiative Education Program
Development Fund
ESSP
Emergency Services Support Program
EU
European Union
FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization
FARA
Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa
FCPF
Forest Carbon Partnership Facility
FIRST
Financial Sector Reform and Strengthening Initiative
FLE
Russia Financial Literacy and Education Trust Fund
FLIT
Financial Literacy and Education Trust Fund
FPCR
Food Price Crisis Response
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G7
Group of Seven
G8
Group of Eight
GAIDS
Global HIV/AIDS Partnership
GAVI
Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization
GEF
Global Environment Facility
GENTF
Gender Trust Funds
GFA
GAVI Fund Affiliate
GFATM
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria
GFCRP
Global Food Crisis Response Program Trust Fund
GFDRR
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery
GGFR
Global Gas Flaring Reduction
GIIF
Global Index Insurance Facility
GPDD
Global Partnership for Disability and Development
GPED
Global Population and Economic Development Program
GPEP
Global Program to Eliminate Poliomyelitis
GPF
Governance Partnership Facility
GPOBA
Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid
GRSF
Global Road Safety Facility
HIPC
Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative
HNPSP
Bangladesh Health, Nutrition and Population Sector Program
HRH
Human resources for health
HRITF
Health Results Innovation Trust Fund
HRBF
Health Results-Based Financing
HRTF
Haiti Reconstruction Fund
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IADB
Inter-American Development Bank
IBRD
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (of the
World Bank)
ICF
Italian Carbon Fund
ICP
International Comparison Program Global Trust Fund
ICT
Information and communication technology
ID-DRF
Indonesia Decentralization Support Facility
ID-IS
Indonesia Infrastructure Support Trust Fund
ID-PNPM
Program Nasional Pemberdayaan Masyarakat (Indonesia Program
for Community Empowerment)
IDA
International Development Association
IDB
Islamic Development Bank
IEMAC/AGEPA
Initiative on Improving Education Management in African Countries /
Amélioration de la Gestion Educative dans les Pays Africains
IFAD
International Fund for Agricultural Development
IFC
International Finance Corporation
IFFIm
International Finance Facility for Immunization
IMF
International Monetary Fund
InCaF
IFC-Netherlands Carbon Facility
INFOD
Infodev
IRTF
Iraq Reconstruction Trust Fund
ISBFF
Iraq Small Business Finance Facility
ISF
Interest Subsidy Fund
JPO
Junior Professional Officer
JRF
Java Reconstruction Fund
JSDF
Japanese Social Development Fund
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KCP II
Knowledge for Change Program II
LDCF
Least Developed Countries Fund for Climate Change
LPRP
Luxembourg Poverty Reduction Partnership
LRTF
Liberia Reconstruction Trust Fund
MDFAN
Multidonor Trust Fund for Aceh and Nias
MDGs
Millennium Development Goals
MDRP
Multicountry Demobilization and Reintegration Program
MDTF-N
Sudan Multidonor Trust Fund – National
MDTF-S
Sudan Multidonor Trust Fund – Southern Sudan
MDFTIC
Indonesia Multidonor Facility for Trade and Investment
MDTF
Multidonor trust fund
METAF
Mediterranean Environmental Technical Assistance Program
MDFAN
Multidonor Trust Fund for Aceh and Nias
MDRI
Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative
MIGA
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
MSI
Mozambique Initiative
MTF
Mindanao Trust Fund Facility
NAPA
National Adaptation Program of Action
NBI
Nile Basin Initiative
NCDMF
Netherlands Clean Development Mechanism Facility
NECF
Netherlands European Carbon Facility
NEPAD
New Partnership for Africa’s Development
NETF
Norwegian Education Trust Fund
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NPEF
Norwegian Post-Primary Education Fund
NTF-PSI
Norwegian Trust Fund for Private Sector and Infrastructure
OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OTF
Ozone Trust Fund
PACF
Pacific Facility Trust Fund
PACT
Partnership for Capacity Building in Africa
PCF
Post-Conflict Fund
PCF
Prototype Carbon Fund
PEFA
Public Expenditure Financial Accountability
PFM MDTF
Public Financial Management Multidonor Trust Fund
PHRD
Japanese Policy and Human Resources Development
PNDRR
Programme National de Desarmement, Demobilisation et
Reinsertion (Democratic Republic of Congo)
PKNOW
Partnerships and Knowledge Work in Fragile States
PPAF
Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund
PPIAF
Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility
PPSPF
Public-Private Sector Partnership Facility
Palestinian Reform Development Plan – Trust Fund for West Bank
PRDP
and Gaza
PROFISH
Global Program on Fisheries
PROFOR
Program on Forests
RSR
Rapid Social Response Program
SA-DSD
South Asia Policy Facility for Decentralization and Service Delivery
SAIF
South Asia Infrastructure Facility
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SAR-IFGI
South Asia Region Infrastructure for Growth Initiative
SCCF
Special Climate Change Fund
SCF
Spanish Carbon Fund
SCF/ CSCF
Strategic Climate Fund
SEDF
South Asia Enterprise Development Facility
SEETF
South-South Experience Exchange Trust Fund
SIEF
Spanish Impact Evaluation Fund
SLDF
South Asia Enterprise Development Facility for Sri Lanka and the
Maldives
SSATP
Sub-Saharan Africa Transportation Policy Program
StAR
Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative
TATF
Technical Assistance Trust Fund Program
TDRP
Transitional Demobilization and Reintegration Program
TerrAfrica
TerrAfrica Leveraging Fund
TFESSD
Trust Fund for Environmentally and Socially Sustainable
Development
TFET
Trust Fund for East Timor
TFGWB
Trust Fund for Gaza and West Bank
TFF
Trade Facilitation Facility
TFL
Trust Fund for Lebanon
TFSCB
Trust Fund for Statistical Capacity Building
TRF
Tsunami Relief Trust Fund for India – Fisheries Management and
Sustainable Livelihoods Project in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry
TRTA
Multidonor Trust Fund for Trade and Development
UNDP
United Nations Development Programme
UNEP
United Nations Environment Programme
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UNF
United Nations Foundation
UNIDO
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
WBGTF
West Bank and Gaza Trust Fund
WHO
World Health Organization
Asian Development Bank DEFINITIONS:
ADF grant approvals
Total amount of Asian Development Fund (ADF) grants approved by the
Asian Development Bank (ADB) in a fiscal year.
ADF loan approvals
Total amount of ADF loans approved by ADB in a fiscal year.
ADF replenishment
The process of periodic review of the adequacy of ADF resources and
authorization of additional contributions to ADF.
Amount subject to call
The subscription of each member is in two parts: paid-in and subject to
call. The callable portion may be called by ADB only as needed to meet its
borrowings and guarantee obligations.
Amount paid-in
Amount of subscription paid by a member and received by ADB in the
form of cash or promissory notes. All subscriptions paid-in (cash and
promissory notes, net of certain discounts) are reported based on report
date SDR/US$ exchange rate.
Asian Development Bank
ADB, a multilateral development financial institution, was established in
1966 with its headquarters in Manila, Philippines. ADB and its operations
are governed by the Agreement Establishing the Asian Development Bank.
Its purpose is to foster economic development and cooperation in the
Asian and Pacific region and to contribute to the acceleration of the
process of economic development of the developing member countries in
the region, collectively and individually.
ADB finances its operations through its ordinary capital resources (OCR)
and Special Funds resources. Mobilizing financial resources, including
cofinancing, is another integral part of ADB’s operational activities, where
ADB, alone or jointly, administers on behalf of donors funds provided for
specific uses.
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Asian Development Fund
The ADF was established in 1974 to carry out the special operations of the
ADB more effectively by providing resources on concessional terms for
economic and social development of the less-developed member
countries. The resources of ADF were subsequently augmented by ten
replenishments. In July 2012, the Board of Governors of ADB adopted a
resolution providing for the tenth replenishment of ADF (ADF XI) and the
fifth regularized replenishment of the Technical Assistance Special Fund.
This will provide ADF resources for the four-year period from January
2013.
Basic contribution
A donor’s contribution to the ADF in accordance with the basic burden
share for ADF replenishments.
Burden share percentage
The percentage of a donor’s basic contribution for ADF replenishments.
Contributions
Funds provided or to be provided to ADB's ADF or Other Special Funds
(OSFs) by donors.
Contributions paid-in
Amount of contribution received by ADB's ADF or OSFs in the form of cash
or promissory notes. All contributions paid-in (cash and promissory notes,
net of certain discounts) are reported based on historical values using the
date of receipt.
Disbursements
Principal outflow in a fiscal year.
Fiscal year
1 January to 31 December.
Grant
ADB resources made available to an external recipient for implementation
of development activities that carry no repayment obligation when utilized
for the agreed activities. Grant amounts are included in Commitment
figures and Disbursements. Grant amounts are not included in the
Outstanding Balances because grant funds disbursed are not repayable.
Gross commitments
Gross commitments comprise OCR sovereign approvals, OCR nonsovereign
approvals, ADF loan approvals, ADF grant approvals, and OSFs approvals.
Number of votes
Each shareholder is allocated a certain number of votes linked to the size
of its shareholding. The votes include a specified number of basic votes
(the same for all members) and additional votes based on the number of
shares held.
OCR non-sovereign
approvals
Amount of OCR commitments to non-sovereign entities approved by ADB
in a fiscal year, including loans, equity investments, and guarantees.
OCR sovereign approvals
Total amount of OCR sovereign loans and guarantees approved by the ADB
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in a fiscal year.
Ordinary capital
resources (OCR)
ADB’s OCR consists primarily of its subscribed capital stock, proceeds from
its borrowings, and reserves. ADB’s ordinary operations are financed from
OCR.
OSFs approvals
Total amount of OSFs grants and technical assistance grants approved by
the ADB in a fiscal year.
Other Special Funds
(OSFs)
ADB is authorized by its Charter to establish and administer Special Funds
to finance its special operations. Other Special Funds (OSFs) refer to
Special Funds excluding the Asian Development Fund (ADF). They are the
Technical Assistance Special Fund (TASF), the Japan Special Fund (JSF), the
Special Fund for the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), the Asian
Tsunami Fund (ATF), the Pakistan Earthquake Fund (PEF), the Regional
Cooperation and Integration Fund (RCIF), the Climate Change Fund (CCF),
and the Asia Pacific Disaster Response Fund (APDRF). OSFs resources are
used mainly to finance grants and technical assistance grants.
Outstanding balances
Stock amount of the cumulative principal disbursements of loans to
clients, which remains outstanding at the end of a fiscal year. Grant and
technical assistance grant amounts are not included.
Shares percentage
The ratio of the number of subscribed shares of a member to the total
number of shares held by all shareholders.
Subscribed amount
Subscribed shares multiplied by par value of a share.
Subscribed shares
Number of shares allocated or authorized under a specific Board of
Governors resolution, and issued to members.
Supplemental amount
Any amount contributed beyond the amount of the basic burden share.
Undisbursed
commitments
Stock amount of loans and grants available for disbursement at the end of
a fiscal year. Amount does not include equity investments and guarantees.
Voting power percentage The ratio of the number of votes of a member to the total number of votes
held by all shareholders.
Inter American Development Bank DEFINITIONS:
Sovereign Guaranteed Loans
Sovereign Guaranteed (SG) loans are loans granted
to a member country, to any of its political
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Glossary of AidFlows terms
subdivisions or governmental entities,
decentralized state organizations, regional
organizations composed by member countries,
and the Caribbean Development Bank.
Non-Sovereign Guarantee Loans
For its non-sovereign guaranteed borrowers, the
IDB provides private and state-owned companies
and financial institutions in Latin America and the
Caribbean with the financing necessary to help
meet the region's growing demands.
Technical Cooperation
Financing provided by the Bank for the transfer of
knowledge and expertise for the purpose of
economic and social development in borrowing
member countries.
Blended Loans
The blended loan is a mixture of both the Fund for
Special Operations and Ordinary Capital Single
Currency Facility. It is considered as one single loan
with one single contract and two financing sources
which is disbursed pari-passu from a predetermined mix of FSO and OC funds.
Fund For Special Operations
Bank resources consisting of contributions from
the member countries to finance grants and loans
on concessional terms that respond to special
circumstances in the poorest, least developed
borrowing member countries.
Fund For Special Operations
The IDB Grant Facility was established in 2007 to
provide additional non-reimbursable resources for
Haiti to finance operations critical for overcoming
the present crisis and laying a foundation for longterm growth.
Fund For Special Operations
Includes Capital from member countries,
Borrowings and Reserves.
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