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US Government Global Financial Assistance Records
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This resource provides a detailed accounting of US foreign assistance activities by country, tracking financial commitments and expenditures from 1946 to the most recent available year. Stewarded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. Department of State, this data set serves as a definitive source for understanding the long-term scale and patterns of American aid efforts reported by United States Government agencies.
Columns
- country_code: A unique identifier for the recipient nation (247 unique values).
- country_name: The full name of the country receiving aid (253 unique values).
- region_id: A numerical identifier corresponding to the defined region.
- Region Name: The geopolitical region, examples include Sub-Saharan Africa (28% of records) and Western Hemisphere (21% of records).
- income_roup: Abbreviated classification of the country’s economic income group (e.g., UMIC, LMIC).
- income_group_name: The full name of the income classification, such as Upper Middle Income Country or Lower Middle Income Country.
- transaction_type_id: A numerical code specifying the type of financial action.
- transaction_type_name: Describes the financial action, noting that Obligations account for 51% of records and Disbursements account for 21% of records.
- fiscal_year: The specific US fiscal year the transaction occurred, covering 78 unique years.
- current_amount: The financial amount recorded in current US dollars (maximum observed value is 28.9 billion).
- constant_amount: The financial amount recorded in constant US dollars, adjusted for inflation (maximum observed value is 36.9 billion).
Distribution
The data is structured across 11 columns and contains approximately 22,000 records. The file size is 2.33 MB. All records are 100% valid with no missing values. The expected update frequency for this historical data set is listed as never.
Usage
- Historical analysis of global development funding and US government priorities since 1946.
- Evaluating the allocation effectiveness of foreign aid programmes based on country income groupings and regions.
- Financial tracking and accountability checks on government expenditures abroad.
- Modelling long-term trends in financial commitments versus actual payments (Obligations vs. Disbursements).
Coverage
The data provides worldwide geographic coverage, encompassing 247 unique country codes, alongside records for various regional groupings. The time range starts in 1946 and extends to the most recent reporting year. The scope includes economic demographic groupings categorized by income level.
License
CC0: Public Domain
Who Can Use It
- Policy Researchers: For generating time-series analysis on US foreign policy budgets and aid flows.
- Economists: For studying macro-level financial flows, distribution, and global development metrics.
- Government Analysts: For benchmarking current aid strategies against historical precedent and identifying past allocation patterns.
Dataset Name Suggestions
- US Foreign Assistance by Country (1946–Present)
- Historical US Foreign Aid Obligations and Disbursements
- US Government Global Financial Assistance Records
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Original Data Source: US Government Global Financial Assistance Records
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