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DFID humanitarian allocations in Africa 2007/8
DFID
August 30, 2008

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Summary of key findings

• Total spend in 2007/8 was £205m, a decline from £236m in 2006/7. However using adjusted figures the amount is broadly similar for both years. Both these years' spend was less than the exceptional 2005/6, when it peaked at £264m.
• Year on year trend: there has been a 10-15 % decline since the peak spend in 2005/6 of £264m.
• The top five recipient countries of DFID humanitarian aid are Sudan, DRC, Zimbabwe, Uganda and Somalia. Combined, these 5 countries received over 75% (£158m) of DFID's humanitarian aid. Public Service Agreement countries (PSA) received 80% of allocated funds.
• Expenditure by emergency type reveals that Complex Emergencies received 90% of DFID's funding, up from 78% in 2006/7. 10% was spent on natural disasters.
• Expenditure by sector is largely unchanged from 2006/7: food, health and water-sanitation were the main sectors, and combined accounted for 50% of DFID's humanitarian funds. Cash transfers grew by 400% relative to 2006/7,
  although they remain a small proportion of the total spend.
• Expenditure by agency: World Food Programme (WFP), UNICEF and Pooled Fund Management Agent1 together accounted for 54% of DFID's spend. Adding the next two biggest agencies, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), these five agencies received almost two thirds (65%) of all humanitarian spend in Africa.
• Biggest decline in funding: Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has seen a huge decline in funding that it has received from DFID: from £7.3m in 2005/6 to £2.5m in 2006/7 down to £1.3m in 2007/8.
• The Red Cross family share rose from 7% to 10% of overall spend from £16.6m in 2006/7 to £19.9m 2007/8.
• DFID spent significantly less in 2007/8 on bilateral allocations / project allocations to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) - £14.75 million less than in 2006/7, or a reduction of 7% of overall humanitarian spending. This is, at least in part, compensated through allocation by 'management agents'.
• Spending pattern: two thirds (£135m) of DFID humanitarian spending for Africa in 2007/8 was spent in just 2 months - January & March 2008. A large part of this was due to front-loading the Pooled funds for DRC and Sudan, a positive indicator for the Good Humanitarian Donor (GHD) initiative.

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