Where is Australian aid delivered?
About AusAID
AusAID is the Australian Agency for International Development. It plans, coordinates
and manages the Australian Governments overseas aid program. The aim of the aid
program is to assist developing countries reduce poverty and achieve sustainable
development, in line withAustralias national interest.
BAHAMAS
The aid program is guided by the Millennium Development Goals(MDGs), the
internationally agreed goals and targets for poverty reduction.
CUBA
HAITI
HONDURAS
EL SALVADOR
NICARAGUA
COSTA RICA
PUERTO
RICO
VIRGIN ISLANDS
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA
ST KITTS
& NEVIS
GUADELOUPE
MONTSERRAT
DOMINICA
ST LUCIA MARTINIQUE
ST VINCENT &
BARBADOS
THE GRENADINES
GRENADA TRINIDAD
& TOBAGO
JAMAICA
BELIZE
GUATEMALA
DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC
AusAIDs geographic focus is on the Asia-Pacific region which makes sense given
that two-thirds of the worlds poor live in this region. This includes some 800 million
people who live on less than $1.30 a day. In addition to the Asia-Pacific Region,
Australia provides aid toAfrica, the Middle East and Central and South America.
In 201011 the Australian Government will provide $4.349 billion in official
development assistance (ODA), which represents 0.33per cent of Gross National
Income (GNI).
PANAMA
VENEZUELA
GUYANA
COLOMBIA
SURINAME
FRENCH
GUIANA
Official Development Assistance (ODA)
This is also known as overseas aid or foreign aid that is given by governments
through their international aid agencies (like AusAID) and through other government
agencies. Australia will provide an estimated $4.349 billion in total ODA in 201011,
of which AusAID will manage $3.762 billion.
The composition of ODA includes monies allocated to country programs, global
programs, ACAIR and other Australian Government departments, such as the
Australian Federal Police, who contribute to the overseas aid program. It also
includes the expenses associated with the running of AusAID and monies yet to be
allocated, for example emergency funds required for a major humanitarian crisis
and/or disaster.
These icons symbolise the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)eight goals representing
an agreement by world leaders to reduce poverty and enhance human development by 2015.
BHUTAN
More information about the MDGs is available online at www.ausaid.gov.au/keyaid/mdg.cfm
THE CARIBBEAN AND LATIN AMERICA
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $39.8 million
LATIN AMERICA
Australia is increasing its development assistance
to LatinAmerica, working in partnership with more
advanced countries such as Argentina, Brazil and Chile
to help poorer countries. For example, we are working
with Brazil to deliver agricultural assistance to Haiti in
the wakeof the devastating earthquake in February 2010.
Australia will also work with other OECD donors and
multilateral organisations such as the Inter-American
Development Bank. By joining forces with others,
Australiacan obtain good development results from a
relatively small investment.
UNDER $5m*
OVER $5m*
Microfinance and agriculture will be the two major areas
we focus on to help reduce poverty in Latin America.
Australia has good expertise to offer in these sectors.
AusAID is currently funding three microfinance projects
to improve the lives of women, and people in poor and
disadvantaged communities, in Peru and Colombia.
OVER $20m*
OVER $100m*
Latin America
Caribbean
BOLIVIA
Building the strength and capacity of people in Latin
America to achieve the MDGs is also an area where
Australia will assist by providing Australian Leadership
Awards, fellowships and scholarships.
* Figure relates to total ODA from all
agencies and programs; does not
include AusAIDs running costs or
unallocated emergency funds.
PARAGUAY
THE CARIBBEAN
Assistance will be provided through a new development
partnership between Australia and the 15 members of
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to:
> enhance cooperation on climate change adaptation
anddisaster management
> support regional economic development
Australias development and
humanitarian assistance to Africa
covers most of the continent.
> strengthen people to people and institutional linkages
AFRICA
ESTIMATED ODA 201011 $200.9 million
Assistance will:
> improve water and sanitation services, maternal
andchild health and food security
> enhance natural resource management
> build the capacity of African governments and
institutions in public administration, economic
andtrade policy
> respond to disasters and protracted
humanitariancrises
> support civil society organisations
> build human resources capacity through short
andlongterm training awards in Australia
VANUATU
TUVALU
> promote adaptation to climate change
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $66.4 million
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $8.9 million
> build public sector capacity
The 201011 Budget is focused on improving the delivery
of basic services, particularly education and health, and
on increasing the skills in developing countries so they
can lead their communities towards self reliance.
Under the Vanuatu-Australia Partnership for
Development, assistance will:
Under the Tuvalu-Australia Partnership for Development,
assistance will:
> enhance engagement with and support for Pacific
regional organisations
> increase access to and quality of education
> support long-term revenue
> enhance health care
> enhance education and health care services
> develop infrastructure to improve transport links and
create job opportunities
NAURU
COUNTRY AND REGIONAL PROGRAMS
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $26.6 million
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
> assist with economic governance reforms
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $457.2 million
FIJI
Under the Nauru-Australia Partnership for Development,
assistance will:
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $37.2 million
> improve public sector management
Ahead of progress towards a return to democratic
governance, assistance will:
> improve health outcomes and education services
> improve essential health and education services
Under the PNG-Australia Partnership for Development
five priority areas have been identified:
i provide better access to markets and services by
improving transport infrastructure
ii promote faster progress towards universal basic
education
iii improve health outcomes
iv strengthen the public service
> promote human rights
> mitigate the impact of the 2006 coup and the global
economic crisis
v improve statistical data
TONGA
Strategies in a further three areas are being developed
and will provide:
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $27.8 million
> a strengthened, coordinated and effective response
tothe HIV crisis
> support to PNGs law and justice sector
> support to the higher education sector
Other assistance will:
> improve governance and community development
> promote sustainable broad-based economic growth
and increased productivity
> improve service delivery
> improve security and stability
> develop PNGs border management capabilities
SOLOMON ISLANDS
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $225.7 million
Under the Solomon Islands-Australia Partnership for
Development assistance will:
> strengthen health and education services
> improve livelihoods, particularly in rural areas
> improve infrastructure including roads, energy and
telecommunications
Under the Tonga-Australia Partnership for Development,
assistance will:
> build a more effective public sector
> improve health
> improve technical and vocational skills
> develop infrastructure
SAMOA
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $39.8 million
Under the Samoa-Australia Partnership for
Development, assistance will:
> promote private sector growth and employment
> improve education
> improve health
> improve governance
> strengthen law and justice
> promote private sector development
> strengthen the capacity of Pacific island countries to
benefit from global trade and economic opportunities
> improve infrastructure services
> improve law and justice
INDONESIA AND EAST ASIA
> support private sector growth
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $458.7 million
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $10.4 million
Assistance to the three North Pacific/Micronesia states
will be delivered through separate Pacific Partnerships for
Development and will focus on:
> improving governance, public financial management
and energy policy
> supporting community organisations and government
agencies
COOK ISLANDS
Assistance will:
BURMA
> promote sustainable growth and economic
management
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $48.6 million
> support climate change mitigation and natural resource
management
> provide assistance to highly vulnerable populations
> improve service delivery and infrastructure
> support health systems
> improve water and sanitation facilities
> improve access to education
> improve democracy, justice and governance
> improve safety and peace
> improve food security
> improve health outcomes
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $88.5 million
> promote human security and the peaceful resolution
ofconflict
NIUE AND TOKELAU
> enhance disaster preparedness and response
capabilities
> support economic growth and infrastructure
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $4.4 million
Assistance will be implemented in close consultation with
New Zealand, and will:
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $119.8 million
> promote social and economic development
> support human resource development
Assistance will:
> strengthen access to safe water and sanitation services
> improve market access for goods and services and
stimulate regional trade
KIRIBATI
PACIFIC REGIONAL
Under the Kiribati-Australia Partnership for
Development, assistance will:
ESTIMATED ODA 201011 $152.0 million
> improve basic education
> strengthen health systems
CAMBODIA
> address HIV and other sexually transmitted infections
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $64.2 million
Major Pacific Regional assistance programs will:
> combat malaria
> tackle non-communicable diseases
> improve education
> help manage the challenges of climate change
> strengthen Vietnams human resource foundation
Assistance will:
> reduce rural poverty and increase farmer income
> improve the health of Cambodians
Assistance will:
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $18.0 million
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $227.8 million
> Core support for ICRC
In support of the principles of A Stronger, Fairer
Australia: AusAID will strengthen partnerships
and work with a range of Australian organisations
including volunteer, business, research and
community organisations:
> respond to the protracted humanitarian emergency
through funding to the United Nations and
international agencies providing assistance in areas
such as food aid, water and sanitation and disaster
response and preparedness. The provision of other ODA
will depend on progress on denuclearisation
SOUTH ASIA
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $171.3 million
BANGLADESH
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $70.0 million
> strengthening capacities of key regional institutions
totackle trans-boundary challenges in health and
human security
CHINA
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $36.8 million
Assistance will focus on:
> policy engagement on global and regional
development, partnerships and skills enhancement
in governance (economic reform), environment (water
and climate change) and health (strengthening health
systems and improving the response to HIV) sectors by
promoting shared knowledge and expertise
MONGOLIA
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $7.4 million
MALDIVES
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $4.4 million
Assistance will:
> continue support for human resource development
> support post-tsunami reconstruction, governance
activities and teacher training
BHUTAN
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $5.4 million
> continue support for human resource development
> enhance agricultural productivity and food security
> support improved governance and public sector
capacity
> assist the Government of Iraq to restore basic services
> support vulnerable populations
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
> World Food Programme (WFP)
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $35.8 million
> UN Central Emergency Response Fund (UNCERF)
Assistance will:
> UN Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR)
SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL
> provide humanitarian and emergency assistance
> improve livelihoods of the rural poor
> Improve food security, water and sanitation and
income-generating opportunities for vulnerable
populations
> reduce maternal, neonatal and child deaths
> increase support for education
> improve water and sanitation services
> enhance community resilience to climate change
Assistance will:
> promote community rehabilitation, livelihood
development and peace building
> improve the quality of and access to basic education
> continued support to address priority regional
development issues including adaptation to climate
change, water and sanitation, HIV/AIDS, health,
education and regional integration
> support improved governance and economic
management
> strengthen regional economic integration
> strengthening capacities of key regional institutions
totackle trans-boundary challenges in health and
human security
CENTRAL ASIA AND MIDDLE EAST
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $273.8 million
PAKISTAN
> continue support for improved natural resource
management
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $66.5 million
> improve water and sanitation services
Assistance will:
> continue support for human resource development
INDIA
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $22.2 million
Assistance will:
> address energy security and climate change impacts
onwater resources and agriculture
> support water and sanitation and water resource
management
> continue support for fostering agriculture research
> improve health measures targeted towards reducing
therisk and impact of HIV/AIDS
Assistance will:
NEPAL
> provide around 28 development awards for study in
Australia to assist the Mongolian Government achieve
its human resource development goals
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $18.4 million
Assistance will:
> improve access to health care services
> strengthen governance and democracy
> improve access to and the quality of education
> improve maternal and child health
> improve basic education
> support agriculture and rural development
> strengthen service delivery particularly in the health
and education sectors
CROSS REGIONAL PROGRAMS
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $325.6 million
Cross regional programs include funding for sectoral,
thematic, development awards and aid effectiveness
programs for activities across geographic regions. Other
cross regional programs include:
> Direct Aid Program; advancing developmental
objectives and addressing humanitarian hardship
indeveloping countries
> Human Rights Fund; supporting a Human
Rights Grants Scheme, the UN Office of the High
Commissioner for Human Rights and the Asia Pacific
Forum of National Human Rights Institutions
> Enterprise Challenge Fund; supporting commercially
viable business projects which benefit the poor through
the awarding of grants on a competitive basis
> promote democratic governance
> Australian Leadership Awards; supporting social
and economic growth through the development of
leadership
AFGHANISTAN
GLOBAL PROGRAMS
> provide humanitarian relief and reconstruction
assistance
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $123.1 million
Assistance will:
> support basic service delivery in education and health
> build the capacity of the Afghan state at both the
national and provincial level
> improve agriculture and rural development
> assist vulnerable populations by supporting delivery
ofemergency relief and humanitarian assistance
Australia will continue to support the work of:
> UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs (UNOCHA)
ESTIMATED ODA 2001011: $4.9 million
> increase support for health services
UN HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $89.5 million
> strengthen Australias bilateral relationship with Iraq
Assistance will:
> provide humanitarian and resettlement support
> economic growth
> governance
NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS AND
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
EAST ASIA REGIONAL
> strengthen regional economic integration
> service delivery
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS
AND RED CRESCENT (ICRC)
SRI LANKA
Assistance through the east Asia Regional program will:
> infrastructure
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $46.5 million
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $46.0 million
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $118.1 million
> improve basic education
IRAQ
> improve access to water and sanitation
> continue to assist communities affected by cyclone
Nargis
Assistance will be provided through a delegated
cooperation program with New Zealand, and will focus
onthe outer islands, covering:
Assistance will:
> contribute to poverty alleviation
> improve access to quality basic education
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $5.0 million
Additional support will include:
> improve growth and economic management
Assistance will:
PHILIPPINES
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $23.9 million
> contribute to improved standards of living for
Solomon Islanders
> support growth through trade and investment
facilitation
INDONESIA
FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA, MARSHALL ISLANDS
AND PALAU
NORTH KOREA
Assistance will:
> increase access to quality basic education
> support essential infrastructure services
VIETNAM
> develop workforce skills in areas of industry demand
Assistance will:
> build government and private sector human
resourcecapacity
Assistance through the Regional Assistance Mission to
Solomon Islands (RAMSI) will:
> contribute to a better functioning government by
improving accountability and service delivery
LAOS
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $41.0 million
ESTIMATED ODA: 201011: $1.092 billion
> address economic and fiscal challenges
> contribute to a safer and more secure Solomon
Islands by strengthening the law and justice system
> improve access to fair and accountable law and
justiceservices
> improve access to electricity and road infrastructure
inrural areas
> provide climate change assistance
> assisting with tsunami recovery and reconstruction
activities
> improve infrastructure through upgrading key
transport routes
HUMANITARIAN, EMERGENCY AND
REFUGEE PROGRAMS
ESTIMATED ODA 201011 $301.5 million
> UN Releif and Works Agency for Palestinian
Refugees (UNRWA)
AUSTRALIAN CIVILIAN CORPS
> Australia will support the rapid deployment of
civilian specialists to countries affected by natural
disaster or conflict
MULTILATERAL ENGAGEMENT
MULTLATERAL REPLENISHMENTS
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $298.3 million
Australias engagement with multilateral
organisations extends the reach and scope of
Australias country and regional aid programs
through assistance to:
> the World Bank
> the Asian Development Bank
> the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative
(HIPC)
> the Global Environment Facility
> the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of
the Montreal Protocol (MPMF)
> the World Bank Clean Technology Fund
> UN development agencies; UN Childrens Fund
(UNICEF), World Health Organisation (WHO), UN
Population Fund (UNFPA), Joint UN Programme
on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), UN Development Fund for
Women (UNIFEM), UN Development Programme
(UNDP), United Nations Peacebuilding Commission
(UNPBC) and other UN development agencies
> International Labor Organisation (ILO)
HUMANITARIAN AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE
> Commonwealth organisations
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $194.0 million
> Global environment programs
Emergency response and support for global, regional
andcountry level humanitarian initiatives that save
lives, alleviate suffering, and maintain human dignity
during,and in the aftermath, of human made crises
andnatural disasters.
> The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis
andMalaria
> The GAVI Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation
> The Education for All Fast Track Initiative
> AusAID-NGO Cooperation Program; will support
more than 40 accredited Australian NGOs undertaking community based development work
> Volunteer Programs; support the recruitment,
placement and management of skilled Australian
volunteers in developing countries
> Australian Council for International Development
(ACFID); supports the partnership between
AusAID and ACFID to increase Australias
impact in promoting effective communitybased development to achieve the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs)
> NGO policy and development effectiveness;
supports analysis and the development of policies
with a new monitoring and evaluation framework
to be developed in 201011
> Community engagement and development
education; improves awareness and
understanding of overseas development-related
issues in Australia
> Development Research Program; supports
local and international research to improve
development
AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH (ACIAR)
ACIAR
ESTIMATED ODA 201011 $68.3 million
ACIARs program delivers research outcomes that
closely integrate with the Australias overseas aid
program, complementing AusAID development
programs. The Centres projects link Australian
scientists with their counterparts in developing
countries to increase agricultural productivity
and sustainability and to improve livelihoods by
delivering food security.
ACIARs two largest country-specific programs are in
Indonesia and Papua New Guinea with its two largest
R&D initiatives aimed at increasing food security in
selected countries in eastern and southern Africa
and addressing constraints to food production and
agricultural sector development in the Pacific.
Cover: Improving education in Afghanistan. Photo: Hans Stakelbeek/FMAX
THE AUSTRALIAN AID PROGRAM
ESTIMATED ODA 201011: $4.349 billion
Where is Australian aid delivered?
201011
