Sources: OECD, OECD.Stat Extracts, http://stats.oecd.org/​Index.aspx; World Bank, World Development Indicators Dataset, http://databank.worldbank.org; SIPRI (2011) SIPRI Military Expenditure Database 2011, http://milexdata.sipri.org; ARF (African Renaissance and International Cooperation Fund) (2004–2010) Annual Financial Statements (Pretoria: DIRCO); ABC (Agência Brasileira de Cooperação) (2010), Cooperação Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento Internacional: 2005-2009 (Brasilia: ABC); IOSCPRC (Information Office of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China) (2011) China’s Foreign Aid (Beijing: IOSC-PRC).

Sources: Lin, T.-C. (1996) ‘Beijing’s Foreign Aid Policy in the 1990s: Continuity and Change’, Issues and Studies 32(1); Kobayashi, T. (2008), Evolution of China’s Aid Policy, JBICI Working Paper no. 27 (Tokyo: JBICI); State Statistical Bureau of the People’s Republic of China (2003-2010) China Statistical Yearbook (Beijing: China Statistics Press) for 2006–2010 data.

* The annual interest rate of China’s concessional loans is between 2 and 3 per cent, and the period of repayment is usually 15 to 20 years (including five to seven years of grace). | Le taux d’intérêt annuel des prêts à des conditions de faveur de la Chine se situe entre 2 et 3 %. La période de remboursement est généralement de quinze à vingt ans (dont cinq à sept ans de grâce).

Source: IOSC-PRC (Information Office of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China) (2011) China’s Foreign Aid (Beijing: IOSC-PRC).

* Brazilian ODA includes bilateral and multilateral aid committed to: technical, scientific and technological cooperation; scholarships for foreigners; humanitarian assistance; refugees in Brazil; peacekeeping operations and contributions to international organisations. | L’APD du Brésil comprend des ressources bilatérales et multilatérales destinées à la coopération technique, scientifique et technologique ; aux bourses d’études pour les étrangers ; à l’aide humanitaire ; aux réfugiés au Brésil ; aux opérations de maintien de la paix et aux contributions aux organisations internationales.

Source: ABC (Agência Brasileira de Cooperação) (2010), Cooperação Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento Internacional: 2005-2009 (Brasilia: ABC).

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* Aid here refers to humanitarian assistance and technical cooperation. | L’aide se réfère ici à l’aide humanitaire et à la coopération technique.

Source: ABC (Agência Brasileira de Cooperação) (2010), Cooperação Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento Internacional: 2005-2009 (Brasilia: ABC).

* Although the fund is estimated to represent only 3-4 per cent of total South African aid, it is the only body producing reliable data. ZAR figures were converted into USD at the average exchange rate for each year | Même si le fonds ne représente que 3 à 4 % de l’aide nationale totale, il est le seul organisme qui publie des statistiques fiables. Les montants en ZAR ont été convertis en USD au taux de change moyen de chaque année. ** While located in South Africa, the AORC aims to serve as a focal point for coordination of activities and support of Ombudsman Offices in the entire Africa. | Malgré qu’il soit situé en Afrique du Sud, le AORC vise à coordonner les activités et à soutenir les bureaux de médiation dans toute l’Afrique.

Sources: ARF (2004-2010) Annual Financial Statements (Pretoria: DIRCO).