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Bilateral and Multilateral Funding, 2012

In order to provide a more comprehensive picture of the human rights funding landscape, the Advancing Human Rights: Knowledge Tools for Funders initiative has begun tracking bilateral and multilateral support. Using the OECD's Creditor Reporting System (CRS), one of the most comprehensive data sets available on aid, researchers mapped the data to the project taxonomy to categorize aid disbursements by issue area, region of focus, and population. For more information, see the FAQ page.

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Asia & Pacific
$698 Million (M)
2,710 Disbursements

X

Caribbean
$42 Million (M)
263 Disbursements

X

Eastern Europe, Central Asia, & Russia
$261 Million (M)
1,379 Disbursements

X

Global Programs
$644 Million (M)
1,356 Disbursements

Bilateral and multilateral funding includes disbursements not directed toward a specific country or region (designated in the OECD data set as “Bilateral, unspecified”). This includes disbursements providing a global benefit or used to cover the donor’s administrative costs.

X

Latin America & Mexico
$412 Million (M)
2,500 Disbursements

X

Middle East & North Africa
$380 Million (M)
1,281 Disbursements

X

Sub-Saharan Africa
$987 Million (M)
3,605 Disbursements

X

$3.4 Billion
13,094 disbursements

Top Funders

  1. United States $535.3 M
  2. Sweden $431.5 M
  3. European Union Institutions $332.2 M
  4. Norway $306.8 M
  5. Canada $255.7 M
  6. United Kingdom $172.0 M
  7. Germany $169.9 M
  8. Switzerland $152.4 M
  9. Global Fund $148.5 M
  10. Denmark $147.7 M
  11. Netherlands $124.6 M
  12. Spain $120.9 M
  13. Australia $110.5 M
  14. Belgium $79.8 M
  15. Finland $62.4 M
  16. Japan $41.6 M
  17. Asian Development Bank Special Funds $38.8 M
  18. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) $38.5 M
  19. Ireland $37.7 M
  20. Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) $25.6 M
  21. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) $16.8 M
  22. Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) $13.9 M
  23. France $12.1 M
  24. Austria $7.0 M
  25. United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (UNPBF) $6.6 M
  26. M = Millions

Issues

Access to Justice/Equality Before the Law

$203,836,628 (6%)
652 Grants (5%)

Civic and Political Participation

$664,563,753 (19%)
1,937 Grants (15%)

Economic and Labor Rights

$103,824,799 (3%)
323 Grants (2%)

Education, Religion, and Culture

$156,734,581 (5%)
782 Grants (6%)

Environmental and Resource Rights

$248,174,053 (7%)
701 Grants (5%)

Equality Rights and Freedom from Discrimination

$438,714,333 (13%)
2,149 Grants (16%)

Expression and Information Rights

$18,876,413 (1%)
142 Grants (1%)

Freedom from Violence

$392,248,553 (11%)
1,327 Grants (10%)

Health and Well-being Rights

$363,431,519 (11%)
718 Grants (5%)

Human Rights, General

$509,573,193 (15%)
3,364 Grants (26%)

Migration and Displacement

$73,719,925 (2%)
258 Grants (2%)

Sexual and Reproductive Rights

$125,110,104 (4%)
206 Grants (2%)

Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding

$125,787,161 (4%)
535 Grants (4%)

Populations

Children & Youth

$780,332,453 (23%)
2,090 Grants (16%)

Human Rights Defenders

$30,345,216 (1%)
137 Grants (1%)

Indigenous Peoples

$88,348,707 (3%)
435 Grants (3%)

LGBTQI

$37,754,989 (1%)
96 Grants (1%)

Migrants & Refugees

$179,326,954 (5%)
561 Grants (4%)

People with Disabilities

$73,087,114 (2%)
339 Grants (3%)

Sex Workers

$30,701,890 (1%)
439 Grants (3%)

Women & Girls

$888,136,386 (26%)
3,170 Grants (24%)

Figures based on analysis of Official Development Assistance compiled by the OECD's Development Assistance Committee. For more information about the methodology, see About page.