3.2 DISBURSEMENTS BY DONOR

37. Over the entire period from 1992 to 2003, a total of around 5.2 billion US dollars have been disbursed by the international community (Table 3). These have included contributions of:

• 1,951.4 million US$ or 37.6 percent of total ODA by non-EU member countries;

• 1,448.1 million US$ or 27.9 percent of total ODA by UN System Agencies and the International Financial Institutions;

• 1,363.1 million US$ or 26.2 percent of total ODA by EU member countries and EC

• 430.4 million US$ or 8.3 percent of total ODA by NGOs.

38. The single largest donor of development assistance to Cambodia is Japan. Since 1992, Japan has provided 21.6 percent of all external assistance received by Cambodia. The volume of Japan's assistance to Cambodia increased from 450.2 million US$ over the period of 1994-1998 to 500.8 million US$ over the last five years,1999-2003(Table 3).

39. The second largest contributor in terms of total assistance provided from 1992 to 2003 were the UN System Agencies who provided from their "own resources" a total of 467.6 million US$, representing 9.0 percent of all assistance received by Cambodia. The third largest contributor was the Asian Development Bank that has provided 445.1 million US$. The other major donors in terms of their contributions have included:

• Fourth, the World Bank that has provided 381.0 million US$;

• Fifth, European Commission that has provided 369.6 million US$;

• Sixth, France that has provided 365.5 million US$;

• Seventh, United States that has provided 356.7 million US$. In recent years, the United States assistance in Cambodia have been delivered through NGOs;

• Eight, Australia that has provided 241.6 million US$;

• Ninth, Sweden, that has provided 180.0 million US$; and

• Tenth, IMF that has provided 154.4 million US$.

Detailed data on disbursements by major donors for each year from 1992 to 2003 is presented as Annex III.

40. Total ODA disbursed by the UN System Agencies and the International Financial Institutions over the five year period of 1999-2003 increased to 797.3 million US dollars from 585.4 million US dollars in the previous five years, 1994-1998. Over the same two periods, 1994-1998 and 1999-2003, total ODA disbursed by:

• EU member countries and EC declined from 628.6 million US $ in 1994-1998 to 544 million US$ in 1999-2003;

• non-EU member countries increased slightly from 811.1 million US$ to 830.6 million US$; and

• NGOs increased from 180.8 million US$ to 243.2 million US$.

TABLE 3: DISBURSEMENTS BY MAJOR DONORS: 1992-2003
(in millions  of US Dollars)

TABLE 4: DISBURSEMENTS BY MAJOR DONORS: 1999-2003
(in millions of US Dollars)