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 Development Assistance Committee (DAC) List of ODA Recipients, International Non-Government Organisations (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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and other Low-Income Countries (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 Low Middle Income Countries (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 Upper Middle Income Countries (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 

The Performance Ratings are drawn from Investment Monitoring Reports (IMRs). IMRs are the mechanism by which investment managers review performance of their investments against standard quality criteria. IMRs collectively provide DFAT with an overall assessment of the effectiveness and achievements of the Australian development program. There are three kinds of IMRs: Annual (AIMRs), Humanitarian IMRs (HIMRs) and Final IMRs (FIMRs). An AIMR report covers performance over a 12-month period and applies to ongoing investments that are not specific humanitarian responses. A HIMR covers the performance of humanitarian investments over a 12-month period. A FIMR is completed in the final year of implementation of an investment and covers performance over the life of the investment. Only one type of report is completed for each eligible investment in each annual process.

Policy markers are qualitative tools for identifying how an investment contributes toward policies or themes. It does not quantitatively measure the amount spent towards that policy. Policy markers are based on the most up to date data available. In DFAT’s systems policy markers are also marked against multilaterals to assist in other types of reporting. In OECD reporting policy markers are only shown against reporters’ bilateral contributions as multilateral organisations report against policy markers in their own reporting submissions. 

The following is the list of current DAC policy markers:

1    Gender Equality    
2    Aid to Environment    
3    Participatory Development/Good Governance (also known as Democratic and Inclusive Governance)   
4    Aid Targeting the Objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity (also known as Biological Diversity)
5    Aid Targeting the Objectives of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement – Climate Change Mitigation (also known as Climate Change - Mitigation)
6    Aid Targeting the Objectives of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement – Climate Change Adaptation (also known as Climate Change - Adaptation)
7    Aid Targeting the Objectives of the Convention to Combat Desertification  (also known as  Desertification)  
8    Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (RMNCH)    
9    Aid targeting the objectives of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (also known as Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR))    
10   Inclusion and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (also known as Disability)    
11    Nutrition

 

Principal (primary) policy objectives are those which can be identified as being fundamental in the design and impact of the investment and which are an explicit objective of the investment. They may be selected by answering the question “would the investment have been undertaken without this objective?”

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

A regional is an OECD DAC defined geographic region which is a recipient of development assistance., e.g. Oceanic, regional.

The investment contributes to achieving improved maternal, newborn and child health based on the “continuum of care” concept: The "Continuum of Care" for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) implies a life-cycle approach and includes integrated service delivery for women and children from reproductive health to pre-pregnancy, delivery, the immediate postnatal period, and childhood. Such care is provided by families, households and communities as well as through inclusive outpatient services, clinics and other health facilities on district and national level. The Continuum of Care recognises that reproductive choice and safe childbirth are critical to the health of both the woman and the newborn child - and that a healthy start in life is an essential step towards a sound childhood and a productive life.

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

Refers to the government entity or organisation responsible for managing the budget and direction of an investment on behalf of Australia. Also known as Extending Organisations.

A generic term for an investment’s outputs, outcomes, and long-term impacts.