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AUSTRALIA'S OVERSEAS AID PROGRAM
2001-02


STATEMENT BY
THE HONOURABLE ALEXANDER DOWNER MP
MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS
22 MAY 2001

© Commonwealth of Australia 2001

ISBN 0 642 45668 2

Electronic ISBN 0 642 45669 0

This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from the Commonwealth available from AusInfo. Requests and inquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed to the Manager, Legislative Services, AusInfo, GPO Box 1920, Canberra ACT 2601.

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Contents

Foreword

Chapter One: Focus of the aid program

Key sectors of the aid program

Chapter Two: Papua New Guinea and the Pacific

Papua New Guinea

The Pacific region

Chapter Three: Asia and Africa

East Asia

South Asia

Africa and the Middle East

Chapter Four: Global programs

Multilateral organisations

Non-government organisations and volunteer programs

Emergency and humanitarian programs

Communication, education and information

Chapter Five: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research

Bilateral programs

Multilateral program

Chapter Six: Aid administration and management

AusAID outputs

Supporting services

Appendix

Aid flows

Expenditure and allocations

Technical notes

Methodology of AusAID estimates

Notes to tables and diagrams

Index

Diagrams

Diagram 1: Total Australian aid by region 2001-02

Diagram 2: Trends in total Australian aid by region

Diagram 3: ODA/GNP ratio of Australia and DAC weighted average

Diagram 4: Estimated breakdown of the aid program by sector 2001-02

Diagram 5: Estimated expenditure by key sector 2001-02

Diagram 6: Estimated Australian assistance to the governance sector 2001-02

Diagram 7: Estimated Australian assistance to the health sector 2001-02

Diagram 8: Estimated Australian assistance to the education sector 2001-02

Diagram 9: Estimated total aid flows to PNG by sector in 2001-02

Diagram 10: Estimated total aid flows to East Asia by country 2001-02

Diagram 11: Estimated total aid flows to South Asia by country 2001-02

Diagram 12: Estimated bilateral research expenditure by region 2001-02

Diagram 13: Estimated multilateral research expenditure by region 2001-02

Diagram 14: DAC member countries' ODA/GNP ratios 2000

Diagram 15: DAC member countries' net ODA 2000

Diagram 16: Total net resource flows to aid recipient countries

Tables

Table 1: Total flows to partner countries

Table 2: Australia's ODA 1971-72 to 2001-02

Table 3: Total aid flows to aid recipients not detailed in Table 1

Table 4: Country programs expenditure and allocations

Table 5: Global programs expenditure and allocations

Table 6: Total ODA by subprograms

Table 7: Official aid through Australian and non-Australian NGOs

Table 8: Developing country students supported by the aid program

Abbreviations and Acronyms

AADCP ASEAN-Australia Development Cooperation Program

ACIAR Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research

ADF Asian Development Fund

ADS Australian Development Scholarships

AMB Activity Monitoring Brief

AMS Activity Management System

ANCP AusAID/NGO Cooperation Program

APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

ASEAN Association of South-East Asian Nations

AusAID Australian Agency for International Development

AVI Australian Volunteers International

AYAD Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development

CEP Capital Aid Fund for Employment of the Poor (Vietnam)

CHOGM Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting

DAC Development Assistance Committee (of the OECD)

DAP Direct Assistance Program

GDP Gross Domestic Product

GEF Global Environment Facility

GNI Gross National Income

GNP Gross National Product

HIPC Heavily Indebted Poor Countries

HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency

ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross

IDA International Development Association

IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development

IMF International Monetary Fund

ITTO International Tropical Timber Organisation

MDB Multilateral Development Bank

MPMF Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund

NGO Non-Government Organisation

OA Official Assistance

ODA Official Development Assistance

OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

OOF Other Official Flows

PALMS Paulian Lay Missionary Society

PMR Policy and Management Reform program

PNG Papua New Guinea

QAG Quality Assurance Group

STD Sexually Transmitted Disease

TAFE Technical and Further Education

TB Tuberculosis

UN United Nations

UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

UNDCP United Nations Drug Control Programme

UNDP United Nations Development Programme

UNEP United Nations Environment Programme

UNFPA United Nations Fund for Population Activities

UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNICEF United Nations Childrens Fund

UNIFEM United Nations Development Fund for Women

UNRWA United National Relief and Works Agency

USP University of the South Pacific

WFP World Food Programme

WHO World Health Organisation

WTO World Trade Organisation

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