The amount of water and sanitation-related Official Development Assistance (ODA) is a quantifiable measurement as a proxy for “international cooperation and capacity development support” in financial terms. Ideally one would be able to assess ODA in proportion with how much of it is included in the government budget to gain a better understanding of whether donors are aligned with national governments while highlighting total water and sanitation ODA disbursements to developing countries over time.

Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance that is part of a government-coordinated spending plan is defined as the total amount of water and sanitation-related Official Development Assistance (ODA) disbursements.

The total amount of water and sanitation-related ODA disbursements is obtained through OECD Creditor Reporting System (CRS) (purpose codes 14000-series for water and sanitation, 31140 for agricultural water resources, and 23220 for hydro-electric power plants).

Global and regional aggregates for ODA are derived based on summation of recipient country ODA disbursement for water and sanitation (purpose codes 14000- series), agricultural water resources (purpose code 31140), and hydro-electric power plants (purpose code 23220) from the OECD Creditor Reporting System.

Constant 2023 US$ millions

In future, the indicator should monitor the proportion of water sector ODA that is included in government budgets, as an indication of donor alignment with national priorities. The OECD Creditor Reporting System (CRS) currently disaggregates ODA for the water and sanitation among several categories including: sector policy and administration, water resources protection, large and basic water and sanitation systems, river basin infrastructure, waste management, agricultural water resources, and education and training. While these categories do not align directly with the target areas of SDG 6 individually, which limits the disaggregation of ODA among the SDG target areas, the combined ODA from these categories does align with a majority of the reported ODA to the water sector. ODA represents only one aspect of international cooperation. To capture other dimensions, additional supporting indicators are available, including indicators for the Collaborative Behaviours identified by the Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) partnership. Each behaviour has one or two key indicators for governments and for development partners. If the behaviours are jointly adapted by governments and development partners, long-term sector performance and sustainability would improve. For additional information on the Collaborative Behaviours see: http://sanitationandwaterforall.org/about/the-four-swa-collaborative-behaviours/

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