Data on DFID’s multilateral assistance to the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and United Nations over the last 10 years are set out in the following table. The World Trade Organisation does not act as a donor but as a forum for trade negotiations and therefore no funding is channelled through it. These figures do not include the element of the DFID bilateral programme channelled through the listed multilateral organisations.
£000 World Bank IMF United Nations 1997-98 189,815 20,000 131,658 1998-99 173,753 18,000 121,322 1999-2000 167,298 17,000 163,453 2000-01 270,680 — 226,938 2001-02 243,633 11,147 216,685 2002-03 240,083 11,434 184,651 2003-04 405,650 9,417 203,339 2004-05 248,684 1,767 214,421 2005-06 284,433 23,728 312,029 2006-07 610,970 15 307,953