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investment of $30 million in the third sector. In 2011, the same initiative was
recognized as a best practice in the Busan outcome document and the New Deal for
engagement in fragile states document, committing the international community to
adopt DoL in order to promote greater alignment of aid with national priorities and
harmonization of practices.
During the 2012 DCDs, the Ministry of Finance collected data on donor engagement
at the sectoral level. The table below provides a snapshot of donor involvement in
ANDS sectors and the aggregate amount of aid they have contributed per sector
during 2011.
Table 4: Classification of External Assistance by ANDS Sectors
ANDS Sectors
No. Of
Donors
engaged in
ANDS sectors
Commitments
($Million)
Disbursements
($Million)
Commitments%
Disbursements
%
Security 10 11,296 8,847 73% 70%
Infrastructure 19 1,353 723 9% 6%
Governance 20 1,092 1,141 7% 9%
Agriculture/Rural
Development
18 491 688 3% 5%
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Health 15 429 503 3% 4%
Social Protection 17 291 187 2% 1%
Education 18 242 256 2% 2%
Private Sector Dev/
Econ Dev
10 190 218 1% 2%
Total 15,384 12,563 100% 100%
The data presented in the table above defies our common belief; the larger the
number of donors involved in a sector does not necessarily translate to more aid
investment in that sector. The security sector, for instance, has benefited from the
engagement of only 10 donors, but it received close to 70% of all aid disbursed in
2011. In contrast, the Agriculture and Rural development sector and the Education
sector enjoy the highest number of donor involvement, but have been the recipient
of only 5% and 2% of total disbursements, respectively.