1. All data up to 2009 from UNCTAD (2010a); 2010 estimates from IMF (2010a).
  2. For Angola the IMF reports USD 4.2 billion in 2009. For the other countries the reported data are the same.
  3. Morocco, Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Gabon, Tanzania, Mauritius, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda and Uganda..
  4. Respondents: Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Guernsey, Hong Kong SAR of China, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Kazakhstan, Republic of Korea,  Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Macao SAR of China, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu and Venezuela.
  5. These measures were signed in 2010 and have not yet been ratified.
  6. Specific data are available at stats.oecd.org/qwids 
  7. Debt relief had been especially high owing to exceptional Paris Club packages for Iraq and Nigeria in 2005 and 2006, but fell sharply thereafter.
  8. ODA figures for 2010 will be available in April 2011.
  9. See footnote 8.
  10. The DAC defines ODA as “those flows to countries and territories on the DAC List of ODA Recipients and to multilateral development institutions which are: i) provided by official agencies, including state and local governments, or by their executive agencies; and ii) 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% (calculated at a rate of discount of 10%).” See www.oecd.org/dac/stats/methodology.