Government Sources by Subject: International Aid Data

AidData aggregates information from multiple sources to provide a searchable database of global aid flows and projects.

Information is provided on the donor country/organization/agency providing the aid, the type of flow, the amount of the monetary commitment (in USD), a description of the project, and more.

"Contributes to developing better policies for better lives through transparent data on development finance, and improved development co-operation practices and policies."

"The report analyses fresh policy issues that are timely, relevant or challenging for development co-operation policy and finance. In addition, the Development Co-operation Profiles detail aggregate and individual trends in policies, allocations and institutional set-up for a broad range of providers, including members of the OECD and its Development Assistance Committee (DAC), other countries and philanthropic foundations."

ForeignAssistance.gov is the U.S. government’s flagship website for making U.S. foreign assistance data available to the public. Detailed disaggregated obligation and disbursement data on the 30 U.S. Government agencies implementing foreign assistance for 2001-present. Aggregate historical data (1946-2000) available as well.

Analysis and statistics on trends in international development co-operation includes comprehensive data on volume, origin and types of aid and resource flow to about 150 developing countries, including each country's intake of official development assistance as well as other official and private funds.

A complete history of all foreign assistance provided by the United States to the rest of the world; includes only U.S. aid data.

Since 1988 the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) has been maintaining an Emergency Events Database EM-DAT. EM-DAT was created with the initial support of the WHO and the Belgian Government.
The main objective of the database is to serve the purposes of humanitarian action at national and international levels. It is an initiative aimed to rationalise decision making for disaster preparedness, as well as providing an objective base for vulnerability assessment and priority setting.
EM-DAT contains essential core data on the occurrence and effects of over 18,000 mass disasters in the world from 1900 to present. The database is compiled from various sources, including UN agencies, non-governmental organisations, insurance companies, research institutes and press agencies.

A non-governmental organization established in 1956 which provides information on philanthropy worldwide; it is supported by nearly 550 foundations.