84 SAIs have indicated that the investment in their IT systems was funded by external agencies or development banks.
A number of SAIs have offered financial assistance to other SAIs in various forms, the details of which are tabulated below. A list of such SAIs is available in the Financial Assistance section in the Topic-wise analysis.
| Deputing officials abroad for training or other cooperative ventures | Inviting experts/trainers from other countries | Entertaining officials of other SAIs for training, conferences, symposia, etc. | Extend financial assistance in any form to other SAIs for training, coaching, research, etc. | |
| No. of SAIs | 16 | 15 | 16 | 8 |