Counting all core funding to multilateral agencies that perform some research would severely over-estimated the amount of STI-related ODA. This relates in particular to many UN agencies, the World Bank, IMF and regional development banks whose core mandate may not necessarily be research or financing STI activities in developing countries, but for which these types of activities are part of their agreed work programme. For example, an activity supporting the development of ICT skills among children may be classified in the CRS as education rather than ICTs.