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Summary on Transfer Payments Programs
CIDA grants, contributions and other transfer payments of $2,964 million account for 92.2% of CIDA's 2008-09 Total Planned Spending, excluding non-budgetary expenditures. Further information is given below.
| (in thousands of dollars) | Forecast Spending 2007-08 | Planned Spending 2008-09 |
| Grants | ||
| Bilateral - Grants for cooperation with other donor countries for the benefit of developing countries or territories or countries in transition. | 1,900 | 4,500 |
| Multilateral - Grants in support of development assistance, humanitarian assistance or disaster preparedness, including peace building, for global operations, programs, projects, activities and appeals; as well as in support of programming against hunger, malnutrition and disease for the benefit of developing countries or territories or countries in transition. | 1,577,029 | 1,244,676 |
| Partnership - Grants for development assistance programs, projects and activities intended to support development and public engagement initiatives or to enhance the awareness, understanding, and engagement of Canadians with respect to development and grants for education and training programs, projects and activities for the benefit of developing countries or territories or countries in transition. | 24,567 | 26,472 |
| Sub-total Grants | 1,603,496 | 1,275,648 |
| Contributions | ||
| Bilateral - Contributions in support of development assistance, including payments for loan agreements issued under the authority of previous Appropriation Acts, contributions for cooperation with countries in transition and contributions in support of regional or country specific development assistance projects, programs and activities for the benefit of developing countries or territories or countries in transition. | 606,710 | 1,145,387 |
| Multilateral - Contributions in support of development assistance, humanitarian assistance or disaster preparedness, including peace building, for global operations, programs, projects, activities and appeals; as well as in support of programming against hunger, malnutrition and disease for the benefit of developing countries or territories or countries in transition. | 20,675 | 4,375 |
| Partnership - Contributions for development assistance programs, projects and activities intended to support development and public engagement initiatives or to enhance the awareness, understanding, and engagement of Canadians with respect to development and contributions for education and training programs, projects and activities for the benefit of developing countries or territories or countries in transition. | 286,244 | 268,962 |
| Sub-total Contributions | 913,629 | 1,418,724 |
| Other Transfer Payments (1) | ||
| (S) Encashment of notes issued to the development assistance funds of the international financial institutions in accordance with the International Development (Financial Institutions) Assistance Act | 259,706 | 269,861 |
| Sub-total Other Transfer Payments | 259,706 | 269,861 |
| Total | 2,776,831 | 2,964,233 |
1. Other Transfer Payments exclude non-budgetary forecast expenditures of $8.0 million for 2008-09 and $22.6 million for 2007-08.
