Table 3. Descriptions of the fields in the Creditor Reporting System (CRS) reports that were consistently used for RMNCH coding.

CRS field name	Function
Donor name	The source of the disbursement, a bilateral agency, multilateral agency, global health initiative or private foundation.
Project title	This is the title of the project.
Short description	This provides a short description of the project.
Long description	This provides a longer description of the project.
Purpose code	This is a code, from the standard reporting template of the CRS, assigned by the donor to indicate the area of expenditure. There are 203 purpose codes, grouped into 26 main sectors, two of which relate directly to health: 120 (Health) and 130 (Population Policies/Programmes and Reproductive Health). The full list of purpose codes is available from the OECD (http://www.oecd.org/dac/stats/dacandcrscodelists.htm, accessed on 1 April 2016).