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Table 1 Summary of projects in the China to Africa Aid Database (2000–12)

From: China’s role as a global health donor in Africa: what can we learn from studying under reported resource flows?

Health sector category

Number of projects

Percentage of all HPWS projects

Value of commitments (USD million)

Mean value of valued projects (USD million)

Percentage of total Chinese health aid

Percentage of projects with data on value

Percentage of projects deemed ODA like

Health*

201

78.8

1,325

13.5

43.7

49

85.1

Population*

14

5.5

37

3.3

1.2

79

78.6

Water and Sanitation

20

15.7

1,667

57.5

55.0

73

57.5

Total HPWS projects

255

 

3,030

    

Total CAAD projects

1,686

 

84,811

    
  1. *CRS activity codes are as follows: Health, 120; Population, 130; Water and Sanitation, 140. In addition, two health and population projects identified from the manual inspection of the entries coded in 160 were added to the appropriate health or population category.