International development aid is given by many non-private donors. If a multilateral organisation does not report to the DAC but works in multiple sectors and/or countries, then its core contributions are not allocated to a country or sector. Cuts to UK foreign aid budget are shortsighted and could damage British Spend in 2019 increased from 2018, with total bilateral ODA received by Asia being 126 million higher than the previous peak in 2016. In 2019, UK bilateral ODA received by Afghanistan increased compared with 2018 to 292 million (an increase of 43m) (Figure 6). This is an increase in spend (5,659m in 2018) but a decrease in terms of percentage share from 2018 (61.3% in 2018). There are 2 cross-government funds, the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) and the Cross-Government Prosperity Fund. B. In comparison, over the previous five years (2014 to 2018) bilateral ODA represented on average 62.4%. , The EU is also a DAC member but has not been included in this chapter. The Home Office has "raided" the foreign aid budget as costs to support refugees in the UK triple, ministers claim. What every American should know about US foreign aid - Brookings The data used for ODA flows by recipient countries is for 2018. The OECD has set the benchmark for foreign aid by country at 0.7% of its gross national income (GNI). Major sectors are ordered from top to bottom by largest 2019 ODA spend. Which countries receive UK aid money? The first table is based on official development assistance (ODA) figures published by the OECD for members of its Development Assistance Committee (DAC). CSSFs main activities in 2019 were: tackling conflict and building stability overseas; improving capacity and accountability of security and justice actors; strengthening the rules-based international order and its institution, including women, peace and security; economic development; tackling serious and organised crime; preventing violent extremism. Figure 17 shows ODA spend as a proportion of gross national income (GNI) in 2019. Data for this publication comes from the following sources: i) DFIDs ARIES database that records financial transactions relating to DFID payments and receipts. From 2018 onwards, Official Development Assistance (ODA) has changed from being measured on a cash basis to a grant equivalent basis, following a decision taken by the DAC in 2014. As outlined above, these include programmes where there are designated benefitting countries or regions, but it is not possible to directly assign exact spend to them in the current administrative system, 22.0% of spend within this category consists of expenditure in the UK or another donor country (e.g.