Non-DAC donors and humanitarian aid: shifting structures, changing trends

In the past few years the role of ‘non-DAC donors’, a group of donors that sits outside the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) member group, has gained great prominence and has generated much interest within the international development community. This report analyses the changing patterns in non-DAC donor development and humanitarian financing, focusing specifically on the main players and the changing trends in delivery and recipient allocation. It provides a context to the data to try and understand why these government donors allocate humanitarian aid in the way that they do – what are the barriers, the incentives and the influences? It also looks at the various levels of non-DAC donor reporting and the transparency of the aid information available.