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Overview of French aid to education 2002-2008
France is one of the largest donors of aid to education, however the majority of its aid goes to the post-secondary level, and most aid to basic education in 2007 and 2008 went to French overseas collectivities.
Total Overseas Development Assistance (ODA)
ODA as % of GNI Total ODA 14 1.0% 12 0.8% UN Target 10 3.2 3.5 Multilateral aid 0.6% 8 2.9 DAC Countries 3.7 3.9 5.7 3.3 4.4 average effort 6 0.4% Bilateral France aid
Constant 2008 US$ billion US$ 2008 Constant 4 0.2% 2
0.0% 6.3 7.4 7.1 9.0 9.6 6.8 6.5 7.0 0 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009* 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009*
ODA as a percentage of GNI has been increasing since 2004 Total ODA dropped in 2007 but picked up again in 2009. and in 2009 was near the average of other bilateral donors There has also been a notable shift from bilateral to at 0.46%. multilateral aid since 2007.
Aid to education
Total aid to education, change since 2002 Aid to education by levels 2500 40% 2134 35% Total aid to education 2000 1787 1848 Post- 30% secondary 1645 1629 32% 1525 63% education 1480 29% 25% Total aid to 71% 1500 78% 81% 82% basic education 90% 86% 24% 23% 20% 21% Secondary 19% As a percentage 1000 18% 15% education of total ODA 19% 10% (right scale) 500 15%
Constant Constant 2008 US$ millions 9% 7% 7% 5% 6% 2% 14% 19% 200 185 184 130 151 296 342 13% 12% 11% 8% 8% Basic 0 0% education 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Disbursements of total aid to education dropped in 2008, In 2008, basic education accounted for 19% of all due to a change in the way the costs of foreign university disbursements of aid to education, its highest share since students are imputed. Aid to basic education increased 2002. However France still spends the majority of its aid on significantly after 2006, which can be attributed to large aid post-secondary education. flows being transfered to the French overseas collectivity of Mayotte. Distribution of aid to basic education
Distribution by income group Distribution by region
French overseas collectivities 43% Middle-income 64% 57% 32% countries 67% Sub-Saharan Africa 34% 0% 2008 South and West Asia 1% 23% 2002 5% Low-income Latin America and the Caribbean 1% countries 16% 1% East Asia and the Pacific 1% 0% Central Asia 0% Unallocated 13% 1% 2008 by income 16% Central and Eastern Europe 1% 15% 2002 Arab States 5% In 2008, low-income countries received 23% of all aid to Most (43%) aid to basic education went to French overseas basic education. collectivities in 2008, while sub-Saharan Africa received 32%. Top 10 recipients of aid to basic education in 2008
Total aid to As a percentage of basic French aid to basic education, education US$ millions Mayotte 122.3 35.8% Lebanon 27.7 8.1% Wallis & Futuna 23.0 6.7% Cameroon 18.1 5.3% Africa, regional 11.3 3.3% Burkina Faso 11.1 3.2% Senegal 10.3 3.0% Bilateral, unspecified 9.9 2.9% Of which: EFA Fast-Track Initiative 7.2 2.1% Niger 9.2 2.7% Mali 8.9 2.6%
About the data These analyses were developed by the Education for All Global Monitoring Report team in June 2010. Total ODA figures are based on data from the OECD-DAC On-line Database on Annual Aggregates, and aid to education figures on the Creditor Reporting System (CRS) On-line Database on Aid Activities. All figures are disbursements, which record the actual international transfer of financial resources or of goods or services valued by the donor, and are expressed in constant 2008 US$.
Bilateral vs multilateral ODA: Aid given by bilateral donors to the core budget of multilateral organisations is included under multilateral ODA. However, aid given by a bilateral donor to multilateral organisations for a specific sector (e.g. education) is included as bilateral aid from the donor. Definition of total aid to education and total aid to basic education: Total aid to education includes 20% of General Budget Support Total aid to basic education includes 10% of General Budget Support and 50% of Education, level unspecified
Mayotte and Wallis & Futuna are both classified as French 'collectivités d'outre-mer', meaning they are not quite French overseas departments. For that reason funds transferred from France can be classified as ODA within OECD -DAC reporting.
* Total ODA figures for 2009 are preliminary.