Humanitarian donor profiles
GHA Report 2009
Australia’s total official humanitarian assistance expenditure, 2007
Australia Australia was the 15th largest DAC donor of humanitarian aid by volume in 2007. Its bilateral and multilateral contributions totalled US$163 million – or 1.9% of the collective DAC total. Overall volumes fell by 28.3% between 2006 and 2007, but preliminary DAC data suggests that bilateral contributions alone could rise to US$267 million in 2008.
Bilateral (lightly to totally earmarked)
UN agencies/EC
CERF
Total official humanitarian share of Australia’s total ODA (excluding debt relief ), 2007
Traditionally, much of Australia’s humanitarian assistance has focused on crises in the Asia Pacific region. However, as can be seen from its official contributions in 2007, and support for UN CAP appeals in 2007 and 2008, funding has also been allocated to the Middle East and Africa.
9
0
0
142
163
7.6%
5.4%
0.0%
0.0%
87.0%
100.0%
Australia is the 10th largest contributor to the CERF. In 2007, its US$9m contribution accounted for 5.4% of its total official humanitarian expenditure
Top 10 recipients of Australia’s total official humanitarian assistance expenditure, 2007
33
30
35 30 25
4
Imputed CERF
4
5
6
5
13
10
Total official humanitarian assistance allocable by country
Multilateral (UN agencies)
Afghanistan was the largest single recipient of Australia’s official humanitarian assistance in 2007, accounting for 23.7% of the total allocable by country (including CERF)
163
152
180
224 145
Bilateral
227
252
350
167
US$ million (constant 2007 prices)
400
150 100
Top recipient of Australia’s flash and consolidated appeal funding, 2007
Korea, Dem. Rep.
Timor-Leste
Bangladesh
Sudan
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Indonesia
Occ. Palestinian Ter.
Iraq
Afghanistan
Other countries
0
Total official humanitarian expenditure
Sudan was the sixth largest recipient of Australia’s official humanitarian assistance in 2007 and also its top UN CAP appeal recipient, accounting for 15.8% of its reported expenditure through the FTS in 2007
2008
(prelim)
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
Data notes
See Data notes
Although both relate to ‘humanitarian’ expenditure, FTS and DAC data are not comparable. Reporting requirements and definitions are different. Some, all or none of a DAC donor’s official humanitarian expenditure might be included in the FTS figures. In some instances, more might be reported in humanitarian assistance through the FTS than is included in OECD DAC data
133 100
89
57
27
43
50
54
0
2008
2007
Total reported through the FTS
2006
US$ million
75
25
Australia spent US$54m on eight consolidated and flash appeals in 2008 – this expenditure (referred to as ‘inside the CAP’) was equivalent to 19.5% of its bilateral humanitarian expenditure in 2008 Top recipients of Australia’s flash and consolidated appeal funding, 2008
79 62
Change in Australia’s total official humanitarian expenditure, 2006-2007
Outside the CAP 57.1%
Australia’s humanitarian expenditure, reported through the FTS, 2006-2008
100
-28.3%
Share of Australian GNI spent on total official humanitarian assistance, 2007
0
125
Amount contributed by each Australian citizen to total official humanitarian assistance, 2007
0.02%
Sudan Work Plan (Humanitarian Action component) 15.8%
50
150
Australia’s total official humanitarian expenditure, 2007
US$8
10
15
5
Australia’s total official humanitarian assistance expenditure 2000-2008
US$163m
20
5
www.oecd.org/dataoecd/38/29/42019772.pdf
200
ERF
12
14
www.ausaid.gov.au/publications/pdf/humanitarian_policy.pdf
250
CHF
% total
40
7%
300
Other
US$m
45
Australia was a founding member of GHD in 2003 and has had a domestic implementation plan since 2004. Its Humanitarian Action Policy (HAP) – last produced in January 2005 – aims to be in alignment with GHD principles. Australia’s humanitarian programme was peer reviewed in December 2008.
450
Total
Pooled funding
CHFs in 2007 relate to DRC and Sudan. The ERFs included in the data reported here are CAR, Ethiopia, Iraq, Somalia and Zimbabwe
US$ million (constant 2007 prices)
In 2007, total humanitarian assistance expenditure accounted for 6.8% of Australia’s total ODA (excluding debt relief ) – a declining share of a growing aid budget.
Multilateral (totally unearmarked)
Other funding (‘outside the CAP’) UN flash and consolidated appeal funding (‘inside the CAP’)
Myanmar was the largest recipient of Australia’s contributions to UN flash and consolidated appeal funding in 2008, accounting for 40.8% of the US$54m funding ‘inside the CAP’ (or 16.6% of the total reported through the FTS)
Myanmar 16.6% Zimbabwe 10.8% Palestinian territory, occupied 6.6% Iraq2.9% Sudan Work Plan 2.2% Kenya 0.9% Georgia 0.4% Uganda 0.4%
Analysis of official humanitarian assistance is based on OECD DAC data (DAC1, 2a and CRS), downloaded in April 2009. The data for 2008 is preliminary and relates to bilateral humanitarian aid only. Full and final official data for 2008 will be published by the DAC in December 2009 Outside the CAP 59.3%
FTS data is published in real time on ReliefWeb and was downloaded in April 2009. Supplementary data on CERF and pooled funding was downloaded from their respective sites May/June 2009 All data is expressed in current US$m unless otherwise stated. Numbers may vary due to rounding
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