Development co-operation investments are classified as gender equality focussed (scores Principal or Significant) if they have a deliberate objective intended to: 

• Advance gender equality and/or the empowerment of women and girls or
• Reduce discrimination and inequalities based on gender

The International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) Standard is a set of rules and guidance about what data organisations should publish and what format it should be presented in.

The Standard has been created to deliver information required to improve the coordination, accountability and effectiveness to maximise their impact on the world's poorest and most vulnerable people. 

A globally unique identifier for an investment in the IATI standard format. Also known as an IATI-identifier. 

Organisations DFAT are working with to deliver outcomes for the investment. This includes organisations involved throughout the life cycle of an investment from concept and design, implementation and through to the evaluation phase. 

Term used by DFAT to report on development activities. Represents a commitment of resources to achieve defined outputs and outcomes. 

Spend at the investment level is reported on an accrual basis and may include adjustments, sometimes resulting in negative values for a financial period. 
 

Abbreviation for Non-Government Organisations.

An investment is classified as nutrition-related when it is intended to address the immediate or underlying determinants of malnutrition. This can encompass a range of projects across a variety of sectors, including humanitarian interventions, maternal health, WASH and agriculture.

Adapted from: Converged Statistical Reporting Directives for the Creditor Reporting System (CRS) and the Annual DAC Questionnaire Annexes – modules D and E 

Official Development Assistance (ODA) flows are defined as grants and loans to the official sector of countries and territories on the DAC List of ODA Recipients, INGOs and multilateral development institutions which are: 
(a) provided by official agencies, including state and local government, or by their executive agencies; and 
(b) each transaction of which is: 
(i) administered with the promotion of the economic development and welfare of developing countries as its main objective; and 
(ii) is concessional in character. In DAC statistics, this implies a grant element of at least: 

• 45 per cent in the case of bilateral loans to the official sector of LDCs and other LICs (calculated at a rate of discount of 9 per cent). 
• 15 per cent in the case of bilateral loans to the official sector of LMICs (calculated at a rate of discount of 7 per cent). 
• 10 per cent in the case of bilateral loans to the official sector of UMICs (calculated at a rate of discount of 6 per cent).
• 10 per cent in the case of loans to multilateral institutions (calculated at a rate of discount of 5 per cent for global institutions and multilateral development banks, and 6 per cent for other organisations, including sub-regional organisations). 
• 10 per cent in the case of loans to INGOs (calculated at a rate of discount of 6 per cent).

Grants and ODA loans entering the calculation of the ODA grant equivalent measure are referred to as ODA flows. The donor effort in providing ODA-eligible private sector instruments (PSI) is included in the ODA grant equivalent measure too.
 

The investment is intended to enhance fundamental elements of democratic and inclusive governance across all areas of development co-operation. Participatory Development/Good Governance is also known as Democratic and Inclusive Governance.

Adapted from: Converged Statistical Reporting Directives for the Creditor Reporting System (CRS) and the Annual DAC Questionnaire Annexes – modules D and E