QoG Data

AidData v. 3.1

Data source: AidData

AidData's Core Research Release 3.1 is a corrected snapshot of AidData's entire project-level database from April 2016. This database includes commitment information for over 1.5 million development finance activities funded between 1947 and 2013, covers 96 donors, and includes ODA, OOF flows, Equity Investments, and Export Credits where available.

Dataset type

Time-Series

Dataset level

Country

Last updated by source

2016-10-01

Citation

When using this dataset, please cite as:

• AidData. (2017). AidDataCore_ResearchRelease_Level1_v3.1 research releases dataset. http://aiddata.org/research-datasets

• Tierney, M. J., Nielson, D. L., Hawkins, D. G., Roberts, J. T., Findley, M. G., Powers, R. M., Parks, B., Wilson, S. E., & Hicks, R. L. (2011). More dollars than sense: Refining our knowledge of development finance using AidData. World Development, 39(11), 1891–1906.

@misc{aid1,
 author = {{AidData}},
 last_updated = {2024-04-03},
 note = {Accessed on 2023-08-30},
 title = {AidDataCore_ResearchRelease_Level1_v3.1 Research Releases dataset},
 url = {http://aiddata.org/research-datasets},
 year = {2017}
}

@article{aid2,
 author = {Tierney, Michael J. and Nielson, Daniel L. and Hawkins, Darren G. and Roberts, J. Timmons and Findley, Michael G. and Powers, Ryan M. and Parks, Bradley and Wilson, Sven E. and Hicks, Robert L.},
 journal = {World Development},
 last_updated = {2024-04-03},
 number = {11},
 pages = {1891--1906},
 publisher = {Elsevier},
 title = {More Dollars than Sense: Refining our Knowledge of Development Finance using AidData},
 volume = {39},
 year = {2011}
}

Variables in this dataset

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Number of Recipients to whom Commitments were provided (not incl. Int. Org.)

QoG code: aid_cpnc

Number of Recipients to whom Commitments were provided, not including International Organizations

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Sum of Commitments provided to Recipients (not incl. Int. Org.)

QoG code: aid_cpsc

Sum of Commitments provided to Recipients, not including International Organizations

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Number of Donors from whom Commitments were recieved (not incl. Int. Org.)

QoG code: aid_crnc

Number of Donors from whom Commitments were recieved, not including International Organizations

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Number of Int. Org. from whom Commitments were recieved

QoG code: aid_crnio

Number of International Organizations from whom Commitments were recieved

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Sum of Commitments recieved from Donors (not incl. Int. Org.)

QoG code: aid_crsc

Sum of Commitments recieved from Donors, not including International Organizations

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Sum of Commitments recieved from Int. Org.

QoG code: aid_crsio

The sum of Commitments received from International Organizations.

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