AID FOR NUTRITION
and those that combined therapeutic feeding with promoting good nutritional practices received 5% of funding for direct nutrition interventions. Humanitarian Aid was the main conduit for direct nutrition interventions followed by the Health sector. Indirect nutrition interventions were delivered in a more diverse manner and were present in a variety of sectors, the main being Humanitarian Aid, followed by Commodity Aid and General Programme Assistance, Health, Social Infrastructure and Services and Water and Sanitation in that order.
ARE RESOURCES FOR NUTRITION BEING TARGETED TO THOSE WHO NEED THEM MOST? Spain prioritised Africa for aid for nutrition consistently for the 2007 to 2011 period although since 2009, there have been small variations in funding levels for Africa since 2009 US$14.47, 12.98 (2010) and 13.16 (2011) million. The amount of funding Asia received has been consistently low since 2009 US$1.73, 6.68 (2010) and 1.31 (2011) million although a relatively large increase was observed in 2010. The top 5 recipient countries for aid for nutrition included Haiti, Niger, Peru, Bolivia and Ethiopia. ACCOUNTABILITY Commitments (US$23.69 million) in 2009 were lower than disbursements (US$27.23 million), in 2010 commitments (US$57.78 million) also failed to match disbursements (US$40.59 million) but in 2011 the commitments (US$19.07 million) were lower than disbursements (US$21.65 million). The majority of ODA for nutrition was awarded to NGOs, followed by UNICEF and the Public Sector TOP RECIPIENT COUNTRIES FOR SPAIN Ranking (2005-2009 ranking in brackets)
Recipient
Average annual funding for nutrition from 2007-2011 (Constant 2010 US$ millions)
Percentage of total nutrition funding
1 (4)
Haiti
3.3
10%
2 (3)
Niger
2.9
9%
3 (1)
Peru
1.8
6%
4 (2)
Bolivia
1.5
5%
5 (5)
Ethiopia
1.4
5% 63