Notes to tables

Table 3

1. Based on Non-Farm GDP Implicit Price Deflators provided by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, which have been rebased to 2002–03.
2. See Technical notes for an explanation of the change in terminology from GNP to GNI.
3. Australian Government contributions towards costs of educating private students from developing countries in Australian tertiary and secondary educational institutions were included in ODA for the first time in 1983-84.
4. In 1988–89 there was a one–off bringing forward of MDB payments, increasing 1988–89 but decreasing 1989–90 ODA expenditure.
5. This represents a real per cent increase over the 2004–05 expected outcome figure of $2,252.9 million (at 2004–05 constant prices) as detailed in Table 1. Budget-to-budget the real increase is 11.7 per cent.

Table 4

1. See Technical notes for an explanation of the relationship between expenses and cash.
2. OGD not attributed to country/region includes ODA-eligible expenditure by OGDs that has not been allocated to a specific geographic area.
3. Core contributions to multilateral organisations, other ODA expenditure includes, for example, expense payments which cannot be attributed to a particular country such as payments to some UN and Commonwealth organisations, and departmental expenditure. The ODA-eligible components of cash payments to IDA, ADF, IFAD, GEF, HIPC and the MPMF are included in this line item.

Table 5

1. See Technical notes for an explanation of the relationship between expenses and cash.
2. For the purposes of this table, Micronesia includes the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
3. Nauru Additional represents additional funding appropriated to AusAID through new budget measures agreed by the government.

Table 6

1. See Technical notes for an explanation of the relationship between expenses and cash.
2. Total ODA estimates for 2004–05 represent expected outcomes as estimated at May 2005.
3. New commitments to the MDBs, MPMF and GEF are recorded as expenses at the time of commitment.
4. Other international programs include the ITTO, international health programs and the Global Crop Diversity Trust.

Table 7

1. See Technical notes for an explanation of the relationship between expenses and cash.
2. The ODA figure for AIPRD in Table 7 includes expected expenses from the supplementary funding received by AusAID to implement the AIPRD through the 2004–05 Portfolio Supplementary Additional Estimates and the 2005–06 Portfolio Budget Statements, expected expenses under the AIPRD grants program, and expected cash disbursements under the AIPRD loans program.
3. ACIAR figures equal their total cash expenditure per year. ACIAR’s full financial statements are available in the Foreign Affairs and Trade Portfolio Budget Statement at http://www.dfat.gov.au/dept/budget.
4. OGD includes ODA-eligible activities by State governments and Commonwealth agencies other than AusAID and ACIAR. Included, for example, are capital contributions to multilateral development banks funded by Treasury appropriations, and Department of Health and Ageing contributions to the WHO.
5. Includes accrual adjustments and adjustments for non ODA-eligible Administered expenditure such as miscellaneous receipts, GST payments and other non ODA-eligible expenditure.
6. Includes accrual adjustments and adjustments for non ODA-eligible departmental expenditure such as receipts under section 31 of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997, interest earned on bank deposits, GST payments and Fringe Benefits Tax.
7. Refer to the explanation of multi-year liabilities in the Technical notes.

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