10.17037/DATA.107
Dataset containing 2.1 million records used to generate estimates of official development assistance (ODA) to reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) based upon donor, recipient country and activity type between 2003–2013.
Disbursement information on donor-reported ODA and private grants were obtained from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Creditor Reporting System in January 2015 and coded based on donor name, project title, short and long descriptions, and CRS code describing the disbursement purpose. The coding scheme classifies records according to the degree to which they would promote attainment of Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 (reproductive and sexual health, maternal and newborn health, and child health, RMNCH). We also classified records according to whether they supported prenatal and newborn health (PNH).
The dataset includes project funding as well as allocating shares of general budget support, health sector support and basket funding based on recipient country characteristics. The data can be used for analysis of resource flows to RMNCH or to other purposes or beneficiaries.
This dataset uses OECD Creditor Reporting System data: https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=CRS1 (accessed 7th January 2015). CRS data are copyright OECD and free to use for any purpose with acknowledgement of their source.
The dataset contains the following variables.
| Variable name | Variable description | Variable type |
| Fields added in the Countdown analysis | ||
| RMNCH_code | RMNCH code detailing which area of RMNCH the disbursement benefits | Exact numeric |
| Allocation_factor | Allocation factor: proportion of disbursement benefitting the given RMNCH code | Approximate numeric |
| CH_Exp | Disbursement supporting child health, constant 2013 USD | Approximate numeric |
| MNH_Exp | Disbursement supporting maternal and newborn health, constant 2013 USD | Approximate numeric |
| Rstar_Exp | Disbursement supporting reproductive and sexual or maternal and newborn health, constant 2013 USD | Approximate numeric |
| disb_const_2013 | Disbursement in constant 2013 USD | Approximate numeric |
| PNH_research | Among records that contain a key term for prenatal and neonatal health, categorises that record as supporting either research or non-research activities; misclassified = record wholly unrelated to newborn health; zero = disbursement value is zero | Exact numeric |
| PNH_ex_in | Among records that contain a key term for prenatal and neonatal health, categorises that record as either exclusively benefitting PNH, or also benefiting other population groups, such as mothers or children older than one month; misclassified = record wholly unrelated to newborn health; zero = disbursement value is zero | Exact numeric |
| Any_PNH_term | 1 = contains any key term relating to prenatal and neonatal health; 0 = does not contain any such term | Exact numeric |
| Fields in the CRS dataset downloaded on January 15th 2015 | ||
| Full descriptions of these fields are available in the the Converged Statistical Reporting Directives For The Creditor Reporting System (CRS) and the Annual DAC Questionnaire | ||
| Year | Year of disbursement | Exact numeric |
| donorcode | Donor, code | Exact numeric |
| donorname | Donor, name | String (255 characters max) |
| agencycode | Agency receiving funds, code | Exact numeric |
| agencyname | Agency receiving funds, name | String (255 characters max) |
| crsid | CRS identifier | String (255 characters max) |
| projectnumber | Project number | String (255 characters max) |
| initialreport | Initial report | Approximate numeric |
| recipientcode | Recipient country, code | Approximate numeric |
| recipientname | Recipient country, name | String (255 characters max) |
| regioncode | Recipient country region, code | Approximate numeric |
| regionname | Recipient country region, name | String (255 characters max) |
| incomegroupcode | Income group of recipient country, code | Approximate numeric |
| incomegroupname | Income group of recipient country, name | String (255 characters max) |
| flowcode | Type of flow (ODA, private grant, other official flow etc.), code | Approximate numeric |
| flowname | Type of flow, name | String (255 characters max) |
| bi_multi | Bilateral or multilateral funds | Approximate numeric |
| category | Category | Approximate numeric |
| finance_t | Finance type (grant, loan etc.) | Approximate numeric |
| aid_t | Aid type (budget support, project etc.) | String (255 characters max) |
| usd_commitment | Commitment value (current USD) | Approximate numeric |
| usd_disbursement | Disbursement value (current USD) | Approximate numeric |
| usd_received | USD received (current USD) | String (255 characters max) |
| usd_commitment_defl | Commitment value (constant USD) | Approximate numeric |
| usd_disbursement_defl | Disbursement value (constant USD) | Approximate numeric |
| usd_received_defl | USD received (constant USD) | String (255 characters max) |
| usd_adjustment | Adjustment value (current USD) | String (255 characters max) |
| usd_adjustment_defl | Adjustment value (constant USD) | String (255 characters max) |
| usd_amountuntied | Amount untied (current USD) | Approximate numeric |
| usd_amountpartialtied | Amount partially tied (current USD) | String (255 characters max) |
| usd_amounttied | Amount tied (current USD) | Approximate numeric |
| usd_amountuntied_defl | Amount untied (constant USD) | Approximate numeric |
| usd_amountpartialtied_defl | Amount partially tied (constant USD) | String (255 characters max) |
| usd_amounttied_defl | Amount tied (constant USD) | Approximate numeric |
| usd_IRTC | Investment related technical cooperation value (current USD) | String (255 characters max) |
| usd_expert_commitment | Export commitment value (current USD) | String (255 characters max) |
| usd_expert_extended | Value of export credit extended (current USD) | String (255 characters max) |
| usd_export_credit | Value of export credit (current USD) | Approximate numeric |
| currencycode | Currency code of donor | Approximate numeric |
| commitment_national | National commitment | Approximate numeric |
| disbursement_national | National disbursement | Approximate numeric |
| shortdescription | Short description of project | String (255 characters max) |
| projecttitle | Title of project | String (255 characters max) |
| purposecode | Purpose reported by donor, code | Approximate numeric |
| purposename | Purpose reported by donor, name | String (255 characters max) |
| sectorcode | Sector reported by donor, code | Approximate numeric |
| sectorname | Sector reported by donor, name | String (255 characters max) |
| channelcode | Channel of disbursement in recipient country, code | Approximate numeric |
| channelname | Channel of disbursement in recipient country, name | String (255 characters max) |
| channelreportedname | Channel of disbursement in recipient country, reported name | String (255 characters max) |
| geography | Reported targeted geographic area | String (255 characters max) |
| expectedstartdate | Expected start date of disbursement project | Date and time |
| completiondate | Expected completion date of disbursement project | Date and time |
| longdescription | Long description of project | String (4000 characters max) |
| gender | Policy objective marker: Gender equality | Approximate numeric |
| environment | Policy objective marker: Aid to environment | Approximate numeric |
| trade | Policy objective marker: Trade development | String (255 characters max) |
| pdgg | Policy objective marker: Participatory development/Good governance | Approximate numeric |
| FTC | Whether free-standing technical cooperation | String (255 characters max) |
| PBA | Whether programme-based approach | String (255 characters max) |
| investmentproject | Whether investment project | Approximate numeric |
| assocfinance | Whether record has associated financing | Approximate numeric |
| biodiversity | Rio marker: Biodiversity | String (255 characters max) |
| climateMitigation | Rio marker: Climate change - mitigation | String (255 characters max) |
| climateAdaptation | Rio marker: Climate change - adaptation | String (255 characters max) |
| desertification | Rio marker: Desertfication | String (255 characters max) |
| commitmentdate | Reported commitment date | Date and time |
| typerepayment | Repayment type | String (255 characters max) |
| numberrepayment | Number of repayments per year | String (255 characters max) |
| interest1 | Interest rate | String (255 characters max) |
| interest2 | Second interest rate | String (255 characters max) |
| repaydate1 | First repayment date | String (255 characters max) |
| repaydate2 | Last repayment date | String (255 characters max) |
| grantelement | Grant element | Approximate numeric |
| usd_interest | Interest amount in current USD | String (255 characters max) |
| usd_outstanding | Amount outstanding in current USD | String (255 characters max) |
| usd_arrears_principal | Arrears of principal (incuding usd_outstanding) | String (255 characters max) |
| usd_arrears_interest | Arrears of interest | String (255 characters max) |
| usd_future_DS_principal | Future debt service; first year principal | String (255 characters max) |
| usd_future_DS_interest | Future debt service; first year interest | String (255 characters max) |