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Details on transfer payments programs

CIDA grants, contributions and other transfer payments of $2,994 million account for 92.2% of CIDA's 2009-2010 total planned spending, excluding non-budgetary expenditures. Further information is given below.


  Forecast spending
2008-2009

($ thousands)
Planned spending
2009-2010

($ thousands)
Grants
Bilateral - Grants for cooperation with other donor countries for the benefit of developing countries or territories or countries in transition. 4,500 3,100
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. 1,931,608 1,651,241
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. 26,472 23,900
Sub-total grants 1,962,580 1,678,241
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. 731,669 953,269
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. 4,375 6,062
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. 248,503 125,197
Sub-total contributions 984,547 1,084,528
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 257,861 231,336
Total 3,204,988 2,994,105

1. Other Transfer Payments exclude non-budgetary forecast expenditures of $8.0 million for 2008-2009.