10.17037/DATA.127
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.
The small Countdown ODA+ dataset contains a limited number of variables found in the full dataset. Most values are the same as the full dataset, except for the following:
| Variable Name | Variable Label | Answer Label | Answer Code | Variable Type |
| year | Year of disbursement | Open ended | Numeric | |
| donorcode | Donor code | Open ended | Numeric | |
| donorname | Donor name | String | ||
| recipientcode | Recipient country code | Open ended | Numeric | |
| recipientname | Recipient country name | String | ||
| RMNCH_code | RMNCH code indicating the area of RMNCH the disbursement benefits | Open ended | Numeric | |
| purposecode | Purpose reported by donor - Code | Open ended | Numeric | |
| purposename | Purpose reported by donor - Description | Open ended | String | |
| CH_Exp | Disbursement supporting child health, constant 2013 USD | Open ended | Numeric | |
| MNH_Ex | Disbursement supporting maternal and newborn health, constant 2013 USD | Open ended | Numeric | |
| RH_Exp | Disbursement supporting reproductive and sexual or maternal and newborn health, constant 2013 USD | Open ended | Numeric | |
| channelcode | Channel of disbursement in recipient country - code | Open ended | Numeric | |
| channelname | Channel of disbursement in recipient country - name | Open ended | String | |
| Count of records | Count of records | Open ended | Numeric |
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.
Fields in the CRS dataset downloaded on January 7th 2015. Full descriptions of these fields are available in the Converged Statistical Reporting Directives For The Creditor Reporting System (CRS) and the Annual DAC Questionnaire (https://web.archive.org/web/20150901000000*/https://www.oecd.org/dac/stats/documentupload/DCD-DAC(2013)15-FINAL-ENG.pdf). This table was constructed with some reference to the Userʼs Guide to the Project-level Aid Database (now AidData), at https://aiddata.s3.amazonaws.com/codebook/AidData_CodeBook_Current.pdf (last accessed May 12th 2016).
Fields added in the Countdown analysis are: ID, CD_status, RMNCH_code, Allocation_factor, CH_Exp, MNH_Exp, RH_Exp, disb_const_2013, PNH_research, PNH_ex_in, Any_PNH_term, MD5_hash.
| Variable Name | Variable Label | Answer Label | Answer Code | Variable Type |
| ID | Unique record identifier | Open ended | Exact numeric | |
| Year | Year of disbursement | Open ended | Exact numeric | |
| donorcode | Donor, code | Open ended | Exact numeric | |
| donorname | Donor, name | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| agencycode | Agency receiving funds, code | Open ended | Exact numeric | |
| agencyname | Agency receiving funds, name | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| crsid | CRS identifier | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| projectnumber | Project number | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| initialreport | Initial report | Open ended | Approximate numeric | |
| recipientcode | Recipient country, code | Open ended | Approximate numeric | |
| recipientname | Recipient country, name | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| regioncode | Recipient country region, code | Open ended | Approximate numeric | |
| regionname | Recipient country region, name | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| incomegroupcode | Income group of recipient country, code | Open ended | Approximate numeric | |
| incomegroupname | Income group of recipient country, name | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| flowcode | Type of flow (ODA, private grant, other official flow etc.), code | Open ended | Approximate numeric | |
| flowname | Type of flow, name | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| bi_multi | Bilateral or multilateral funds | Open ended | Approximate numeric | |
| category | Category | Open ended | Approximate numeric | |
| finance_t | Finance type (grant, loan etc.) | Open ended | Approximate numeric | |
| aid_t | Aid type (budget support, project etc.) | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| usd_commitment | Commitment value (current USD) | Open ended | Approximate numeric | |
| usd_disbursement | Disbursement value (current USD) | Open ended | Approximate numeric | |
| usd_received | USD received (current USD) | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| usd_commitment_defl | Commitment value (constant USD) | Open ended | Approximate numeric | |
| usd_disbursement_defl | Disbursement value (constant USD) | Open ended | Approximate numeric | |
| usd_received_defl | USD received (constant USD) | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| usd_adjustment | Adjustment value (current USD) | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| usd_adjustment_defl | Adjustment value (constant USD) | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| usd_amountuntied | Amount untied (current USD) | Open ended | Approximate numeric | |
| usd_amountpartialtied | Amount partially tied (current USD) | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| usd_amounttied | Amount tied (current USD) | Open ended | Approximate numeric | |
| usd_amountuntied_defl | Amount untied (constant USD) | Open ended | Approximate numeric | |
| usd_amountpartialtied_defl | Amount partially tied (constant USD) | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| usd_amounttied_defl | Amount tied (constant USD) | Open ended | Approximate numeric | |
| usd_IRTC | Investment related technical cooperation value (current USD) | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| usd_expert_commitment | Export commitment value (current USD) | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| usd_expert_extended | Value of export credit extended (current USD) | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| usd_export_credit | Value of export credit (current USD) | Open ended | Approximate numeric | |
| currencycode | Currency code of donor | Open ended | Approximate numeric | |
| commitment_national | National commitment | Open ended | Approximate numeric | |
| disbursement_national | National disbursement | Open ended | Approximate numeric | |
| shortdescription | Short description of project | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| projecttitle | Title of project | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| purposecode | Purpose reported by donor, code | Open ended | Approximate numeric | |
| purposename | Purpose reported by donor, name | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| sectorcode | Sector reported by donor, code | Open ended | Approximate numeric | |
| sectorname | Sector reported by donor, name | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| channelcode | Channel of disbursement in recipient country, code | Open ended | Approximate numeric | |
| channelname | Channel of disbursement in recipient country, name | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| channelreportedname | Channel of disbursement in recipient country, reported name | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| geography | Reported targeted geographic area | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| expectedstartdate | Expected start date of disbursement project | Open ended | Date and time | |
| completiondate | Expected completion date of disbursement project | Open ended | Date and time | |
| longdescription | Long description of project | Open ended | String (4000 characters max) | |
| gender | Policy objective marker: Gender equality | Open ended | Approximate numeric | |
| environment | Policy objective marker: Aid to environment | Open ended | Approximate numeric | |
| trade | Policy objective marker: Trade development | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| pdgg | Policy objective marker: Participatory development/Good governance | Open ended | Approximate numeric | |
| FTC | Whether free-standing technical cooperation | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| PBA | Whether programme-based approach | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| investmentproject | Whether investment project | Open ended | Approximate numeric | |
| assocfinance | Whether record has associated financing | Open ended | Approximate numeric | |
| biodiversity | Rio marker: Biodiversity | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| climateMitigation | Rio marker: Climate change - mitigation | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| climateAdaptation | Rio marker: Climate change - adaptation | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| desertification | Rio marker: Desertfication | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| commitmentdate | Reported commitment date | Open ended | Date and time | |
| typerepayment | Repayment type | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| numberrepayment | Number of repayments per year | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| interest1 | Interest rate | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| interest2 | Second interest rate | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| repaydate1 | First repayment date | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| repaydate2 | Last repayment date | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| grantelement | Grant element | Open ended | Approximate numeric | |
| usd_interest | Interest amount in current USD | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| usd_outstanding | Amount outstanding in current USD | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| usd_arrears_principal | Arrears of principal (incuding usd_outstanding) | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| usd_arrears_interest | Arrears of interest | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| usd_future_DS_principal | Future debt service; first year principal | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| usd_future_DS_interest | Future debt service; first year interest | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| cd_status | Recipient country status | Open ended | Exact numeric | |
| Non-priority recipient country | 0 | |||
| Recipient country is among the 75 priority recipients in the Countdown to 2015 classification | 1 | |||
| RMNCH_code | RMNCH code detailing which area of RMNCH the disbursement benefits | Open ended | Exact numeric | |
| Allocation_factor | Allocation factor: estimated proportion of disbursement benefitting RMNCH | Open ended | Approximate numeric | |
| CH_exp | Disbursement supporting child health, constant 2013 USD | Open ended | Approximate numeric | |
| MNH_exp | Disbursement supporting maternal and newborn health, constant 2013 USD | Open ended | Approximate numeric | |
| RH_Exp | Disbursement supporting reproductive and sexual or maternal and newborn health, constant 2013 USD | Open ended | Approximate numeric | |
| disb_const_2013 | Disbursement in constant 2013 USD | Open ended | Approximate numeric | |
| PNH_exin | 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 | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| 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 | Open ended | String (255 characters max) | |
| Any_PNH_term | Does it contains any key term relating to prenatal and neonatal health? | Open ended | Exact numeric | |
| No - no key term relating to prenatal and neonatal health present | 0 | |||
| Yes, key term relating to prenatal and neonatal health present | 1 | |||
| MD5_Hash | Contains a hash value over all columns in the set using the MD5 algorithm. Useful to check whether data correctly imported. | Open ended | Exact numeric |