DFID Project Database
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Additional Info
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Source | http://www.dfid.gov.uk/ |
| Author | OKFN |
| Maintainer | OKFN |
| Last Updated | October 10, 2013, 20:33 (UTC) |
| Created | March 11, 2010, 18:09 (UTC) |
| Download URL | http://projects.dfid.gov.uk/home.asp |
| Language | en |
| Size | 3251 Projects |
| accessibility_notes | Run a blank search to pull up all projects then you can export them to Excel. |
| all_data_one_file | Yes |
| all_fields_exportable | No |
| broken_down_by_sector | Yes |
| commitments | Yes |
| completeness_notes | |
| contact | |
| custom_reports | Yes |
| data_fields | Project component code, Project title, Description, Stage, Start date, End date, Risk, Continent/country, Sector group/sector(s), Nature of funding, Source of Funding, Are conditions attached, Cross cutting objective: Gender Equality, Cross cutting objective: HIV/AIDS, Use of partner country public financial management systems, Are partner country procurement systems used?, Use of programme based approaches, Total lifetime approved budget, Actual expenditure to date, yearly budget and expenditure |
| data_first_collected | Post 2005 Paris Declaration |
| data_level | Project |
| data_model | No |
| database_type | Donor |
| details | The Department for International Development (DfID) is the part of the UK government that manages Britain's aid to poor countries and works to get rid of extreme poverty. The project database acts as a public front to the private ARIES database which contains all information on DfID's activities. IT was developed to fall in line with the 2005 Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness and the 2008 Accra Agenda for Action. |
| development | Yes |
| disbursements | Yes |
| documents | No |
| documents_url | n/a |
| donor_type | Bilateral |
| donors | UK |
| export_formats | Excel |
| exportable | Yes |
| funding | UK Government |
| graphing_tools | No |
| humanitarian | Yes |
| license | License Not Specified |
| license_notes | |
| official_reports | No |
| operator | DfID |
| overview | Database of all aid projects funded by DfID. Acts as a publicly accessable face of the private DfID ARIES database. |
| owner | UK Government |
| people | |
| period_covered | 2002-present |
| pipeline | Yes |
| primary_sources | Yes |
| quality_control | Unknown |
| recipients | Afghanistan, Africa Regional, Albania, Angola, Ascension Island, Asia Regional, Balkan Regional, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bosnia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Caribbean, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Congo, Dem Rep, Congo (Peoples Republic of), Denmark, East Africa, East African Community, East Europe Regional, Ecuador, EECAD Regional, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Europe Regional, Former Soviet Union Reg, Francophone Africa, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras, India, Indian Ocean Asia Regional, Indonesia, Iraq, Jamaica, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyz Republic, Laos, Latin America Regional, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Middle East, Moldova, Republic of, Mongolia, Montserrat, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Non Specific Country, North Africa Regional, Overseas Territories, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Samoa (American), Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Somali Democratic Rep, South Africa (Republic of), Southern Africa, Sri Lanka, St Helena, Sthrn Af Dev Coord Ctte, Sudan, Tajikstan (Republic of), Tanzania, Thailand, Tristan da Cunha, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Bank and Gaza, Western Samoa, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
| search_feature | Yes |
| sector_notes | |
| sectors | Action relating to debt, Administrative costs of donors, Agriculture, Banking and financial services, Basic education, Business and other services, Communications, Conflict, peace and security, Construction, Developmental food aid/food security assistance, Disaster prevention, Education (level unspecified), Energy, Fishing, Forestry, General environmental protection, Government and civil society (general), Health (general), Industry, Mineral resources and mining, Other emergency and distress relief, Other multisector, Other social infrastructure and services, Population policies/programmes and reproductive health, Post-secondary education, Reconstruction relief, Secondary education, Support to non-governmental organisations, Tourism, Trade policies and regulations, Transport and storage, Unallocated/unspecified, Water supply and sanitation. |
| source_frequency | As each project has new data |
| source_location | DfID administrative data. Additional data collected from other government departments’ financial administrative systems |
| source_method | |
| sourcing_notes | |
| standard_notes | "We will be reviewing the information we publish to ensure that it is consistent with the IATI standards as they are developed." |
| status | Ongoing |
| subsectors | Yes |
| support | FAQ |
| support_url | http://projects.dfid.gov.uk/FAQs.asp |
| title | DFID Project Database |
| unique_id | dfid-project-database |
| website_1 | http://www.dfid.gov.uk/ |
| website_2 | http://projects.dfid.gov.uk/home.asp |
| which_arent | Not all of the ARIES database which lies behind the projects database is made available to the user |