Development assistance for health by channel of assistance (Global), 1990-2011

NGOs, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development become more important players in development assistance for health

Track the changing trends in development assistance for health (DAH) from 1990 to 2011. You can see how traditional global health players, such as the United Nations agencies, once dominated global health and now have been joined by new organizations, such as the World Bank’s International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD). Country governments also have increased their DAH over the past two decades.

Data are presented as bubbles, bars, or lines. The animated trend is best viewed as a bar chart. Underneath the chart, click the axis label to choose to view DAH in either alphabetical order by channel of assistance or in order of the amount of DAH given.

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Underneath the chart, click the axis label to choose to view DAH in either alphabetical order by channel of assistance or in order of the amount of DAH given. On the right, you can select a specific channel(s) of assistance.
Choose either a bar, line, or bubble chart in the top right corner.
For the bar and bubble charts, hit play and watch changes over time.
Once you’ve selected specific channels that interest you, click the tool symbol in the bottom right corner and try lowering the opacity of the nonselected channels to isolate channels of interest.

See the expansion of development assistance funders. Select a bar chart and choose “DAH 2009 US$ (Millions)” underneath the graph. On the right, select “BMGF, “GAVI,” “GFATM,” “UNAIDS,” “UNFPA,” “UNICEF,” “USNGO,” “WB_IBRD,” “WB_IDA,” and “WHO.” Hit play. You will see that in 1990, the UN agencies were the main drivers of DAH. By 2011, though, their importance had lessened, and other players had risen as the largest funders. In fact, most of the growth in DAH over the past two years came from the World Bank’s IBRD, which greatly expanded its loans to middle-income countries as the economic crisis worsened in 2009.
Watch how country governments have changed their funding commitments over time. Select a group of countries on the right, including “FRA,” “GBR,” “JPN,” and “USA.” Hit play. You will see how funding from the United States and Great Britain has shot up in recent years, while France and Japan, once among the biggest funders of DAH, have fallen behind countries such as Germany, Canada, and Norway. Note, however, that the growth rate in DAH from the US slowed between 2010 and 2011, compared to the growth seen in previous years. After a decade of rapid increases in development assistance, the US greatly slowed the pace of growth in its DAH to 2% between 2010 and 2011.

DAH 2009 US$ (Millions): Development assistance for health in millions of 2009 US dollars

Bilateral agencies

AUS: Australia
AUT: Austria
BEL: Belgium
CAN: Canada
DEU: Germany
DNK: Denmark
ESP: Spain
FIN: Finland
FRA: France
GRC: Greece
IRL: Ireland
ITA: Italy
JPN: Japan
KOR: Korea
LUX: Luxembourg
NLD: The Netherlands
NOR: Norway
NZL: New Zealand
PRT: Portugal
SWE: Sweden
CHE: Switzerland
GBR: United Kingdom
USA: United States

Regional development banks

ADB: Asian Development Bank
AfDB: African Development Bank
IDB: Inter-American Development Bank
WB_IBRD: World Bank–International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
WB_IDA: World Bank–International Development Association

UN agencies

EC: European Commission
PAHO: Pan-American Health Organization
UNAIDS: United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS
UNFPA: United Nations Population Fund
UNICEF: United Nations Children's Fund
WHO: World Health Organization

Public-private partnerships

GAVI: GAVI Alliance (formerly the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation)
GFATM: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

Foundations and US non-governmental organizations

BMGF: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
USNGO: Non-governmental organizations (this only includes organizations based in the United States and registered with USAID)
US_FOUND: Foundations registered in the United States

Development assistance for health by channel of assistance (Global), 1990-2011

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