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Country
Economic aid - recipient
Afghanistan international pledges made by more than 60 countries and international financial institutions at the Tokyo Donors Conference for Afghan reconstruction in January 2002 reached $4.5 billion through 2006, with $1.8 billion allocated for 2002; according to a joint preliminary assessment conducted by the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the UN Development Program, rebuilding Afghanistan will cost roughly $15 billion over the next ten years
Albania ODA: $315 million (top donors were Italy, EU, Germany) (2000 est.)
Algeria $100 million (1999 est.)
American Samoa important financial support from the US, more than $40 million in 1994
Andorra none
Angola $383.5 million (1999)
Anguilla $3.5 million (1995)
Antigua and Barbuda $2.3 million (1995)
Argentina $10 billion (2001 est.)
Armenia $245.5 million (1995) (1995)
Aruba $26 million (1995); note - the Netherlands provided a $127 million aid package to Aruba and Suriname in 1996
Azerbaijan ODA, $140 million (1996) (2000 est.)
Bahamas, The $9.8 million (1995)
Bahrain $48.4 million (1995) (1995)
Bangladesh $1.575 billion
Barbados $9.1 million (1995)
Belarus $194.3 million (1995) (1995)
Belize $NA
Benin $342.6 million (2000)
Bermuda $NA
Bhutan substantial aid from India and other nations
Bolivia $588 million (1997) (1997)
Bosnia and Herzegovina $650 million (2001 est.)
Botswana $73 million (1995) (1995)
Brazil NA
British Virgin Islands NA
Brunei $4.3 million (1995) (1995)
Bulgaria $300 million (2000 est.)
Burkina Faso $484.1 million (1995) (1995)
Burma $99 million (FY98/99)
Burundi $74 million (1999)
Cambodia $548 million pledged in grants and concessional loans for 2001 by international donors
Cameroon on 23 January 2001, the Paris Club agreed to reduce Cameroon's debt of $1.3 billion by $900 million; total debt relief now amounts to $1.26 billion
Cape Verde $136 million (1999)
Cayman Islands $NA
Central African Republic $172.2 million (1995); note - traditional budget subsidies from France (1995)
Chad $238.3 million (1995); note - $125 million committed by Taiwan (August 1997); $30 million committed by African Development Bank
Chile ODA, $40 million (2001 est.)
China $NA
Christmas Island $NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands $NA
Colombia $NA
Comoros $10 million (2001 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the $195.3 million (1995) (1995)
Congo, Republic of the $159.1 million (1995) (1995)
Cook Islands $13.1 million (1995); note - New Zealand continues to furnish the greater part (1995)
Cote d'Ivoire ODA, $1 billion (1996 est.)
Croatia ODA $66 million (2000)
Cuba $68.2 million (1997 est.)
Cyprus Greek Cypriot area - $17 million (1998); Turkish Cypriot area - $700 million from Turkey in grants and loans (1990-97) which are usually forgiven (1998)
Czech Republic $NA
Djibouti $36 million (2001)
Dominica $24.4 million (1995) (1995)
Dominican Republic $239.6 million (1995) (1995)
East Timor $2.2 billion
Ecuador $120 million (2001) (2001)
Egypt ODA, $2.25 billion (1999)
El Salvador total $252 million; $57 million from US (1999 est.)
Equatorial Guinea $33.8 million (1995) (1995)
Eritrea $77 million (1999) (1999)
Estonia $108 million (2000)
Ethiopia $308 million (FY00/01 )
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) none
Faroe Islands $135 million (annual subsidy from Denmark) (1999)
Fiji $40.3 million (1995) (1995)
French Guiana $NA
French Polynesia $367 million (1997) (1997)
Gabon $331 million (1995) (1995)
Gambia, The $45.4 million (1995) (1995)
Gaza Strip $800 million disbursed (includes West Bank) (2001 est.)
Georgia ODA $150 million (2000 est.)
Ghana $6.9 billion (1999) (1999)
Gibraltar $NA; note - if an agreement between Spain and the UK is reached, could receive 50 million euros from the EU
Greece $5.4 billion from EU (1997 est.)
Greenland $380 million subsidy from Denmark (1999)
Grenada $8.3 million (1995) (1995)
Guadeloupe $NA; note - substantial annual French subsidies
Guam Guam receives large transfer payments from the US Federal Treasury ($143 million in 1997) into which Guamanians pay no income or excise taxes; under the provisions of a special law of Congress, the Guam Treasury, rather than the US Treasury, receives federal income taxes paid by military and civilian Federal employees stationed in Guam
Guatemala $212 million (1995) (1995)
Guernsey $NA
Guinea $359.2 million (1998) (1998)
Guinea-Bissau $115.4 million (1995) (1995)
Guyana $84 million (1995), Heavily Indebted Poor Country Initiative (HIPC) $253 million (1997)
Haiti $730.6 million (1995) (1995)
Holy See (Vatican City) none
Honduras $557.8 million (1999) (1999)
Hungary ODA $250 million (2000)
India $2.9 billion (FY98/99)
Indonesia $43 billion from IMF program and other official external financing (1997-2000)
Iran $129 million (1995) (2000 est.)
Iraq $327.5 million (1995) (1995)
Israel NA
Jamaica $102.7 million (1995) (1995)
Jersey none
Jordan ODA, $600 million (2000 est.)
Kazakhstan $610 million in US assistance programs, 1992-2000
Kenya $457 million (1997) (1997)
Kiribati $15.5 million (1995), largely from UK and Japan
Korea, North $NA; note - nearly $300 million in food aid alone from US, South Korea, Japan, and EU in 2001 plus much additional aid from the UN and non-governmental organizations
Kuwait NA
Kyrgyzstan $50 million from the US (2001)
Laos $345 million (1999 est.)
Latvia $96.2 million (1995)
Lebanon $3.5 billion (pledges 1997-2001)
Lesotho $123.7 million (1995) (1995)
Liberia $94 million (1999)
Libya $7 million
Liechtenstein none
Lithuania $228.5 million (1995) (1995)
Macau $NA
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of $150 million (2001 est.)
Madagascar $838 million (1997) (1997)
Malawi $427 million (1999) (1999)
Maldives $NA
Mali $596.4 million (2001)
Malta $NA
Man, Isle of $NA
Marshall Islands approximately $39 million annually from the US
Martinique $NA; note - substantial annual aid from France
Mauritania $220 million (2000) (2000)
Mauritius $42 million (1997) (1997)
Mayotte $107.7 million (1995); note - extensive French financial assistance
Mexico $1.166 billion (1995) (1995)
Micronesia, Federated States of under terms of the Compact of Free Association, the US pledged $1.3 billion in grant aid during the period 1986-2001
Moldova $100 million (2000)
Monaco $NA
Mongolia $208.7 million (1999 est.)
Montserrat Country Policy Plan (2001) is a three-year program for spending $122.8 million in British budgetary assistance
Morocco $565.6 million (1995) (1995)
Mozambique $632.8 million (2001)
Namibia $127 million (1998) (1998)
Nauru $2.25 million from Australia (FY96/97 est.)
Nepal $424 million (FY00/01)
Netherlands Antilles IMF provided $61 million in 2000, and the Netherlands continued its support with $40 million
New Caledonia $880 million annual subsidy from France
Nicaragua NA
Niger $341 million (1997)
note: the IMF approved a $73 million poverty reduction and growth facility for Niger in 2000 and announced $115 million in debt relief under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative (1997)
Nigeria ODA $250 million (1998) (1998)
Niue $2.6 million from New Zealand (2002)
Norfolk Island $NA
Northern Mariana Islands extensive funding from US
Oman $76.4 million (1995) (1995)
Pakistan $2 billion (FY99/00)
Palau $155.8 million (1995); note - the Compact of Free Association with the US, entered into after the end of the UN trusteeship on 1 October 1994, provides Palau with up to $700 million in US aid over 15 years in return for furnishing military facilities
Panama $197.1 million (1995) (1995)
Papua New Guinea $400 million (1999 est.)
Paraguay $NA
Peru $895.1 million (1995) (1995)
Philippines ODA, $1.1 billion (1998) (1998)
Pitcairn Islands $NA
Poland $NA
Puerto Rico $NA
Qatar $NA
Reunion $NA; note - substantial annual subsidies from France
Russia ODA $5.6 billion (2000 est.)
Rwanda $372.9 million (1999)
Saint Helena $12.6 million (1995); note - $5.3 million from UK (1997)
Saint Kitts and Nevis $5.5 million (1995) (1995)
Saint Lucia $51.8 million (1995) (1995)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon approximately $60 million in annual grants from France
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $47.5 million (1995); note - EU $34.5 million (1998) (1995)
Samoa $42.9 million (1995) (1995)
San Marino $NA
Sao Tome and Principe $200 million in December 2000 under the HIPC program
Senegal $362.6 million (2002 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro $2 billion pledged in 2001 (disbursements to follow for several years)
Seychelles $16.4 million (1995) (1995)
Sierra Leone $103 million (2001 est.)
Singapore $NA
Slovakia ODA $113 million (2000 est.)
Slovenia ODA, $62 million (1993) (2000 est.)
Solomon Islands $28 million mainly from Japan, Australia, China, and NZ (2001 est.)
Somalia $60 million (1999 est.)
South Africa $539 million (1999)
Sri Lanka $577 million (1998) (1998)
Sudan $187 million (1997)
Suriname Netherlands provided $37 million for project and program assistance, European Development Fund $4 million, Belgium $2 million (1998)
Svalbard $8.2 million from Norway (1998)
Swaziland $104 million (2001)
Syria $199 million (1997 est.)
Tajikistan $60.7 million from US (2001)
Tanzania $963 million (1997) (1997)
Thailand $131.5 million (1998 est.)
Togo $201.1 million (1995) (1995)
Tokelau from New Zealand about $4 million annually
Tonga Australia $5.5 million, New Zealand $2.3 million (FY01/02)
Trinidad and Tobago $24 million (1999 est.)
Tunisia $933.2 million (1995)
Turkey ODA, $300 million (1993) (2000)
Turkmenistan $16 million from the US (2001)
Turks and Caicos Islands $4.1 million (1997) (1997)
Tuvalu $13 million (1999 est.); note - major donors are Japan, Australia, and the US (1999 est.)
Uganda $1.4 billion (2000) (2000)
Ukraine $637.7 million (1995); IMF Extended Funds Facility $2.2 billion (1998) (1995)
Uruguay $NA
Uzbekistan approximately $150 million from the US (2001)
Vanuatu $45.8 million (1995)
Venezuela $35 million with more assistance likely as a result of flooding (1999)
Vietnam $2.1 billion in credits and grants pledged by international donors for 2000
Virgin Islands $NA
Wallis and Futuna assistance from France
West Bank $800 million disbursed (includes Gaza Strip) (2001 est.)
Western Sahara $NA
World official development assistance (ODA) $50 billion (2001 est.)
Yemen $176.1 million (1995) (1995)
Zambia $651 million (2000 est.)
Zimbabwe $200 million (2000 est.)

This page was last updated on 19 March 2003

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