Originally known as the Donor Assistance Database, the DAD was rebranded as the Development Assistance Database on August 2, 2005. The first Donor Assistance Database was a PC system developed in the scope of the G7 Support Implementation Group project for Russia in 1996 to monitor aid assistance donated from the international community.
The database that was initially referred to as the Donor Assistance Database was rebranded as the Development Assistance Database on August 2, 2005. The first version of this database was a computer-based system developed in 1996 by the G7 Support Implementation Group for Russia to track international aid contributions.