Details of official development assistance — ODA — in the period 1978-98 are set out in the following table. Columns A and B set out respectively expenditure in financial terms and as a percentage of GNP.
Overall ODA includes items other than voted moneys, for example, the share imputed to Ireland of expenditure through the EU budget. In relation to that part of ODA which is funded through the Vote for international co-operation, columns C and D of the table set out respectively the amounts allocated and actually spent.
Official Development Assistance (ODA), 1978-98.