International Development Assistance Budget 2009‑10
The Government will provide an estimated $3,818 million in official development assistance (ODA) in 2009‑10, of which $3,334 million will be managed by AusAID. The ratio of Australia's ODA to Gross National Income (ODA/GNI ratio) is estimated at 0.33 per cent for 2008‑09. In calendar year 2008, Australia provided a total of $3,840 million in ODA, representing a 0.34 per cent ODA/GNI ratio. This is above the preliminary 2008 weighted average ODA/GNI ratio for the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) donor community as a whole of 0.30 per cent but significantly below the average donor country effort of 0.47 per cent. This Budget increases Australia's ODA/GNI ratio to 0.34 per cent.
Table 1 shows the composition of Australian ODA, including ODA managed by AusAID.
Table 1: Composition of Australian ODA
Notes: see page 75.
The 2008‑09 Estimated Outcome includes $296.6 million in debt relief for Iraq.
Economic circumstances require some small adjustment to previous plans for scaling up ODA in the near term. Despite this, the Government expects to increase Australia's ODA levels to equivalent to 0.35 per cent of GNI in 2010‑11, 0.37 per cent of GNI in 2011‑12, and 0.40 per cent of GNI in 2012‑13. Increased Australian aid will be directed first to achieve faster progress towards the internationally agreed MDGs.
Table 2 shows total Australian ODA from all agencies and programs attributable to partner countries and regions.
Table 2: Australian ODA by partner countries and regions
Notes: see page 75.
As Australia's ODA increases to 0.50 per cent of GNI by 2015‑16, Australia's aid program will focus more on sectors influencing MDG outcomes through growth and basic service delivery. Over time this will have a major impact on the shape of Australia's aid program, for example as education becomes its flagship sector and as the share of Australian ODA to health, infrastructure and rural development also increases. In 2009‑10 key sectoral shares will increase to education (up by 29 per cent, see page 24 for details), health (up by 40 per cent, see page 27 for details), and infrastructure including transport and water supply and sanitation (up by 38 per cent, see page 22 for details). Diagram 3 illustrates the estimated sectoral breakdown of Australia's development assistance by major sectors for 2009‑10, compared to previous years.
Diagram 3: Estimated breakdown of Australian ODA by sector
*'Multisector' includes debt relief. The significant change in multisector ODA is due to a one-off payment relating to the final tranche of debt relief for Iraq recognised in 2008‑09.
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