UNDP China
Demand-Driven Data
How Partner Countries Gather Chinese Development
Cooperation Information
IATI Steering Committee Meeting
December 3rd 2015
Niels Vestergaard Knudsen
South-South Policy teamleader
UNDP China
Facts on China’s development assistance
•China continues to steadily increase its
foreign aid
•China's SSC also encompasses trade,
technology transfer, investment in people,
and action on global issues - including
climate change, trafficking of goods,
people and money, etc
•Non-conditionality, non-interference and
the respect for sovereignty, mutual
benefit, “win-win cooperation”.
• Often presented in a package of grant,
non-concessional, concessional and
investments.
Facts on China’s development assistance
Distribution of China’s Foreign Assistance Funds
according to Projected Fields 2010—2012
Eight forms of development
cooperation
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Turnkey projects,
Commodity aid (goods and materials),
Technical cooperation projects,
Human resources development
cooperation
Chinese medical teams,
Emergency humanitarian aid,
Volunteer programmes
Debt relief
Source: White Paper II (2014)
Goes beyond development assistance
 Cambodia
 DR Congo
 Madagascar
 Mali
 Moldova
 Nepal
 Philippines
 Samoa
 Senegal
 Tajikistan
 Togo
Reporting on Chinese development cooperation financial flows by
the 11 countries in 2013 (USD million): total of US$700 million
300.0
250.0
Chinese development cooperation data
reported in the 2014 GPEDC progress report as
a percentage of China’s total development
cooperation
273.8
259.7
200.0
1
15%
150.0
100.0
116.8
2
85%
50.0
4.8
0.0
Cambodia
Congo, Madagascar
Dem. Rep.
…
Mali
…
Moldova
28.3
1.2
20.8
19.5
27.6
Nepal
Philippines
Samoa
Senegal
Tajikistan
Togo
Source: GPEDC (2014)
Figure 5: Share of Chinese development cooperation flows in total flows for
the eleven partner countries
Source: GPEDC (2014)
Mixed performance following GPEDC criteria
Indicator 5a:
Proportion of
development cooperation
funding disbursed within
the fiscal year within
which it was scheduled by
cooperation providers
Source: GPEDC (2014)
Data is available – how validate/expand/use?
EXTRAIT DE LA SITUATION ACTUELLE DE LA BASE DE DONNEES NATIONALE SUR L’AIDE (AMP), en millier USD (ce 13/11/2015)
Type donateur /
Agence donatrice
Arabie Saoudite (1)
Chine (23)
Titre du Projet
Projet d'hôtel de cinq étoile
Centre de Recherche et de Développement
du Riz Hybride
Trois écoles primaires dans les régions
Don pour la lutte contre les criquets
Don pour aider les sinistrés
Projet de Centre anti-paludique à
Etudes d'un projet de biogaz dans les
Etudes d'une petite centrale hydroélectrique
Don de médicaments et appareils médicaux
Projet de forage
Mission des techniciens agricoles chinoise
Projet d'une école primaire d'amitié sinoProjet d'éclairage publique
Coopération des ressources humaines
Don des médicaments, des réactifs et
appareils anti-paludiques
Projet d'un hôpital général
Mission médicale chinoise
Aide humanitaire d'Urgence (BNGRC)
Don de matériels bureautiques à l'Assemblée
Projet de Riz Hybride
Coopération technique du Centre de
Conférence internationale
Coopération Technique de l’hôpital d'Anosiala
Coopération technique du Palais de Sports
de Mahamasina
Corée du Sud (5)
Inde (1)
Koweit (2)
BADEA : Banque
Arabe pour le
Commission de
OPEP :
Organisation des
SADC : Southern
GRAND TOTAL TOUS
Décaissements Effectifs (en millier USD)
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
734
812
3,135
4,843
16,757
8,149
1,968
619
634
-
2009
27,283
19,031
539
2010
5,098
492
CUMUL
1,547
67,232
19,031
2,284
2015
1,304
2,344
-
805
439
439
198
88
703
-
1,906
100
199
192
798
-
1,502
-
51
135
325
1,545
-
90
1,894
1,600
1,392
320
90
1,600
800
1,656
48
1,600
-
2,711
100
490
439
135
901
1,894
280
3,200
2,400
7,595
368
1,760
-
220
483
4,105
222
487
369
232
434
238
1,030
491
10,400
240
421
3,067
240
344
288
80
-
13,467
1,391
288
80
2,000
6,164
240
344
234
332
348
396
400
304
-
2,015
510
24,360
1,301
4,271
161
9,547
918
480
2,067
1,621
339
3,711
6,900
10,078
1,054
2,278
90
325
3,910
215
11,658
24,360
18,004
20,115
3,499
5,069
7,399
14,092
8,106
767
6,945
220
6,713
60
987
48,383
8,317
442,865
519,207
442,958
421,924
2,213
510,279
3,178
613,748
344,802
5,391
3,295,784
623,114
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Décaissements Prévus (en millier USD)
2016
2017
2018
2019
CUMUL
1,304
344
344
3,032
1,760
240
344
344
1,032
4,000
5,000
1,500
13,999
5,500
13,817
479,687 277,312 222,580 127,251
1,729,944
How to access information on Chinese development assistance?
Many players
Chinese ECC
Office
Direct contact
with
MOFCOM/MOF
in Beijing
Loan
agreements
AIMS
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State Council
MOFCOM & ECCs
MOFA & Embassies
MOF
Exim Bank
CDB
Ministries of Agriculture,
Science & Technology,
Health, Education, etc.
• + 25-20 other
institutions
• State Owned Enterprises
• Private Sector
Is it just a matter of asking?
What are trends?
• Country demand a
starting point
• Dedicated government
staff attention and
time
• Capacity of AIMS to
match SSC categories
• Publication of data and
reports
• Build network and ties
with ECCs
China’s South South Cooperation
Overall Trends On Foreign Assistance
 Thirteenth Five Year Plan in 2016
 “Increase the efforts of providing foreign aid, and actively participate in the sustainable development agenda in 2030.”
 “Strengthen South-South cooperation. Optimize foreign aid system/structure, innovate foreign aid modalities, increase economic and
technical assistance that aims at improving welfare, social and public infrastructure and capacity-building for developing countries.”
 China’s UN Announcements
 South-South Cooperation Aid Fund
 Increase investment in the LDCs
 Debt cancellation
 The “Six 100s” initiative
 China-UN Peace and Development Fund
 “Global Energy Network” Initiative
 Launch a Center for International Knowledge on Development
 South-South Climate Cooperation Fund
 Contribution to UN Women
 Aid Reform in MOFCOM
 Establish program management mechanism and regulate project process
 Build a project database system, connect with provincial-level departments in charge of commerce
 Focus on Macro policy research, establish the legal system, project approval,monitoring and evaluation
 Formulate mid- to long-term policy guidelines on Chinese foreign aid in 2015
 Along the “One Belt One Road” countries and in China’s periphery
So what is next?
• Do partner countries need and want this?
• Can partner country led data collection benefit IATI?
• Can AIMS (and IATI) cater for SSC flows and definitions, e.g.
knowledge cooperation?
• How to address capacity needs – partner countries and China?
One next step….
Mapping
Joint Research
Dialogue
• AIMS that capture Chinese flows
• Trends under GPEDC monitoring 2015/16
• Which Chinese institutions?
• System: How AIMS register Chinese flows (geo, sectors, grant/loans,
modalities, etc)?
• Process: How do countries engage, how validate?
• Use of data: How is the data used in budget/MTEF/expenditure
tracking processes? Public reports?
• Other providers: Match with experiences with other SSC providers
• Beijing-level dialogue (embassies, partner country representatives,
MOFCOM/MOF/MOFA, Universities and Think Tanks)
• Policy briefs targeting MOFCOM, MOFA and MOF.
• Establishment of pilots
Thank you
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