The CIA World Factbook Edition 1996 Economy

Economic aid In 17 editions of 36.

Economic aid was published in 17 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1991 to 2007. The 1996 edition carries it in 233 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 1996 edition
233
the first edition with it
1991
the latest edition with it
2007

Published as “Economic aid - recipient” (2000 to 2007), “Economic aid” (1991 to 1998), “Economic aid--recipient” (1999) and “Economic aid - donor” (2000 to 2007), and under 1 other heading in a few entries, mostly where the source split this field into parts.

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World

1 entry

World

  • worldwide traditional foreign aid $50 billion (1995 est.)

Africa

57 entries

Algeria

recipient:
ODA, $316 million (1993)

Angola

recipient:
ODA, $189 million (1993)

Benin

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Botswana

recipient:
ODA, $189 million (1993)

Burkina Faso

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Burundi

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Cameroon

recipient:
ODA, $449 million (1993)

Central African Republic

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Chad

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Comoros

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Zaire now Democratic Republic of the Congo

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Congo now Republic of the Congo

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Cote d'Ivoire

recipient:
ODA, $552 million (1993)

Djibouti

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Egypt

recipient:
ODA, $1.713 billion (1993)

Equatorial Guinea

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Eritrea

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Swaziland now Eswatini

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Ethiopia

recipient:
ODA, $1.036 billion (1993)

Gabon

recipient:
ODA, $75 million (1993)

The Gambia

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Ghana

recipient:
ODA, $472 million (1993)

Guinea

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Guinea-Bissau

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Kenya

recipient:
ODA, $589 million (1993)

Lesotho

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Liberia

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Libya

$NA

Madagascar

recipient:
ODA, $318 million (1993)

Malawi

recipient:
in December 1995, donors pledged for 1996, $332 million

Mali

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Mauritania

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Mauritius

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Mayotte

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Morocco

recipient:
ODA, $297 million (1993)

note: $2.8 billion debt canceled by Saudi Arabia (1991)

Mozambique

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Namibia

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Niger

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Nigeria

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Reunion

recipient:
substantial annual subsidies from France

Rwanda

recipient:
ODA, $NA

note: in October 1990 Rwanda launched a Structural Adjustment Program with the IMF; since September 1991, the EC has given $46 million and the US $25 million in support of this program (1993)

Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Sao Tome and Principe

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Senegal

recipient:
ODA, $439 million (1993)

Seychelles

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Sierra Leone

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Somalia

recipient:
ODA, $NA

South Africa

recipient:
ODA, $NA

note: current aid pledges include US $600 million over three years ending in 1996; UK $150 million over three years; Australia $21 million over three years; Japan $1.3 billion over two years ending in 1996; EU $833 million over five years

Sudan

recipient:
ODA, $387 million (1993)

Tanzania

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Togo

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Tunisia

recipient:
ODA, $221 million (1993)

Uganda

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Western Sahara

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Zambia

recipient:
ODA, $734 million (1993)

Zimbabwe

recipient:
ODA, $362 million (1993)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

recipient:
ODA, $NA

note: substantial annual subsidy from Denmark

Iceland

$NA

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

recipient:
ODA, $NA

note: US provided $450 million assistance (1985-93); the UN provides assistance in the form of food aid, immunization, land mine removal, and a wide range of aid to refugees and displaced persons

Armenia

recipient:
ODA, $30 million (1993) note: commitments (excluding Russia), $1,385 million ($675 million in disbursements) (1992-95)

Azerbaijan

recipient:
ODA, $14 million (1993)

note: commitments, 1992-95, $1,000 million ($185 million in disbursements); wheat from Turkey

Bangladesh

recipient:
ODA, $1.099 billion (1993)

Bhutan

recipient:
$NA

China

donor:
to less developed countries (1970-89) $NA
recipient:
ODA, $1.977 billion (1993)

Georgia

recipient:
ODA, $28 million (1993)

note: commitments, 1992-95, $1,200 million ($675 million disbursements)

India

recipient:
  • ODA, $1.237 billion (1993);
  • US ODA bilateral commitments $171 million;
  • US Ex-Im bilateral commitments $680 million;
  • Western (non-US) countries, ODA bilateral commitments $2.48 billion;
  • OPEC bilateral aid $200 million;
  • World Bank (IBRD) multilateral commitments $2.8 billion;
  • Asian Development Bank (AsDB) multilateral commitments $760 million;
  • International Finance Corporation (IFC) multilateral commitments $200 million;
  • other multilateral commitments $554 million (1995-96)

Japan

donor:
ODA, $11.259 billion (1993)

note: ODA and OOF commitments (1970-95), $143 billion

Kazakstan now Kazakhstan

recipient:
ODA, $10 million (1993)

note: commitments, 1992-95, $4,780 million ($1,795 million disbursements)

Korea, North now North Korea

recipient:
ODA, $NA

note: small amounts of grant aid from Japan and other countries

Korea, South now South Korea

$NA

Kyrgyzstan

recipient:
ODA, $56 million (1993)

note: commitments, 1992-95, $1,695 million ($390 million disbursements)

Maldives

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Mongolia

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Nepal

recipient:
ODA, $310 million (1993)

note: western and Japanese bilateral aid $215 million; multilateral aid $43 million (1994-95)

Pakistan

recipient:
ODA, $697 million (1993)

note: $2.5 billion (includes bilateral and multilateral aid but no US commitments) (FY93/94); $3 billion (includes bilateral and multilateral aid but no US commitments) (FY94/95)

Russia

recipient:
ODA, $2.8 billion (1993)

note: US commitments, including Ex-Im (1990-95), $14 billion (1990-95); other countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1990-95), $125 billion

Sri Lanka

recipient:
ODA, $423 million (1993)

Tajikistan

recipient:
ODA, $22 million (1993)

note: commitments, $885 million (disbursements $115 million) (1992-95)

Turkmenistan

recipient:
ODA, $10 million (1993)

note: commitments, $1,830 million ($375 million drawn), 1992-95

Uzbekistan

recipient:
ODA, $71 million (1993)

note: commitments, $2,915 million ($135 million in disbursements) (1992-95)

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

$NA

Antigua and Barbuda

$NA

Aruba

$NA

The Bahamas

$NA

Barbados

$NA

Belize

recipient:
ODA, $NA

British Virgin Islands

$NA

Cayman Islands

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Costa Rica

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Cuba

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Dominica

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Dominican Republic

recipient:
ODA, $21 million (1993)

El Salvador

recipient:
ODA, $777 million (1993)

note: US has committed $250 million in aid to El Salvador for 1992-96

Grenada

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Guadeloupe

recipient:
ODA, $NA

note: substantial annual French subsidies

Guatemala

recipient:
ODA, $84 million (1993)

Haiti

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Honduras

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Jamaica

recipient:
ODA, $239 million (1993)

Martinique

recipient:
ODA, $NA

note: French aid $600 million (1989-93); EU aid $137 million

Montserrat

$NA

Netherlands Antilles

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Nicaragua

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Panama

recipient:
ODA, $58 million (1993)

Puerto Rico

none

Saint Kitts and Nevis

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Saint Lucia

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Trinidad and Tobago

recipient:
ODA, $10 million (1993)

Turks and Caicos Islands

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Virgin Islands

$NA

Europe

45 entries

Albania

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Andorra

none

Austria

donor:
ODA, $544 million (1993)

Belarus

recipient:
ODA, $186 million (1993)

note: commitments, $3,930 million ($1,845 million disbursements), 1992-95

Belgium

donor:
ODA, $808 million (1993)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Bulgaria

recipient:
ODA, $39 million (1993)

note: $700 million in balance of payments support from Western nations (1994)

Croatia

recipient:
ODA, $NA

note: IMF has given Croatia $192 million; World Bank has given Croatia $100 million

Czech Republic now Czechia

recipient:
ODA, $27 million (1993)

Denmark

donor:
ODA, $1.34 billion (1993)

Estonia

recipient:
ODA, $147 million (1993)

note: Western commitments $285 million (including international financial institutions)

Faroe Islands

recipient:
ODA, $NA

note: receives an annual subsidy from Denmark of about $130 million

Finland

donor:
ODA, $355 million (1993)

France

donor:
ODA, $7.915 billion (1993)

Germany

donor:
ODA, $6.954 billion (1993)

Gibraltar

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Greece

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Guernsey

none

Hungary

recipient:
ODA, $136 million (1993)

note: assistance received from OECD countries and international organizations, $3,700 million (1990-93)

Ireland

donor:
ODA, $81 million (1993)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Italy

donor:
ODA, $3.043 billion (1993)

Jersey

none

Latvia

recipient:
ODA, $122 million (1993)

note: commitments from the West and international institutions, $525 million (1992-95)

Liechtenstein

none

Lithuania

recipient:
ODA, $144 million (1993)

note: commitments from the West and international financial institutions, $765 million (1992-95)

Luxembourg

donor:
ODA, $50 million (1993)

Malta

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Moldova

recipient:
ODA, $46 million (1993)

note: commitments, $1,335 million ($500 million disbursements), 1992-95

Monaco

$NA

Netherlands

donor:
ODA, $2.525 billion (1993)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia

recipient:
ODA, $NA

note: US, $10 million (for humanitarian and technical assistance); in December 1995, the EU agreed to provide a credit line of ECU 21.7 million for investment projects

Norway

donor:
ODA, $1.014 billion (1993)

Poland

recipient:
Western governments and institutions pledged $22 billion in grants and loans during 1990-94, but much of the money has not been disbursed

Portugal

donor:
ODA, $248 million (1993)
recipient:
ODA, $70 million (1993)

Romania

recipient:
ODA, $81 million (1993)

San Marino

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Serbia and Montenegro

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Slovakia

recipient:
ODA, $104 million (1993)

Slovenia

recipient:
ODA, $5 million (1993)

Spain

donor:
ODA, $1.213 billion (1993)

Sweden

donor:
ODA, $1.769 billion (1993)

Switzerland

donor:
ODA, $793 million (1993)

Ukraine

recipient:
ODA, $220 million (1993)

note: commitments, 1992-95, $4.5 billion ($4.1 billion drawn)

United Kingdom

donor:
ODA, $2.908 billion (1993)

Middle East

16 entries

Bahrain

$NA

Gaza Strip

recipient:
ODA, $NA

note: $410 million (est.) disbursed from international aid pledges in 1995 (includes aid to West Bank)

Iran

recipient:
ODA, $40 million (1993)

Iraq

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Israel

recipient:
total receipts $12.14 billion of which $11.38 billion from the US (1990-93)

Jordan

recipient:
ODA, $238 million (1993)

Kuwait

$NA

Lebanon

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Oman

recipient:
ODA, $82 million (1993)

Qatar

$NA

Saudi Arabia

donor:
pledged $100 million in 1993 to fund reconstruction of Lebanon

Syria

recipient:
ODA, $259 million (1993)

Turkey now Turkiye

recipient:
ODA, $195 million (1993)

note: aid for Gulf war efforts from coalition allies (1991), $4.1 billion; aid pledged for Turkish Defense Fund, $2.5 billion

United Arab Emirates

$NA

West Bank

recipient:
ODA, $NA

note: $410 million (est.) disbursed from international aid pledged in 1995 (includes aid to Gaza Strip)

Yemen

recipient:
ODA, $148 million (1993)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

$NA

Canada

donor:
ODA, $2.373 billion (1993)

note: ODA and OOF commitments, $10.1 billion (1986-91)

Mexico

recipient:
ODA, $85 million (1993)

note: US commitments, (Emergency Stabilization Fund), $13.5 billion; IMF, $13 billion (1995-96)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

recipient:
ODA, $NA

United States

donor:
ODA, $9.721 billion (1993)

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

recipient:
ODA, $NA

note: $21 million in operational funds and $1.2 million in construction funds for capital improvement projects from the US Department of Interior (1991)

Australia

donor:
ODA, $953 million (1993)

Cook Islands

recipient:
ODA, $NA

note: in 1994, Cook Islands received $5.4 million in budget support and $3.3 million in project aid from New Zealand, the country's largest source of aid

Fiji

recipient:
ODA, $NA

French Polynesia

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Guam

recipient:
  • although Guam receives no foreign aid, it does receive large transfer payments from the general revenues of the US Federal Treasury into which Guamanians pay no income or excise taxes;
  • under the provisions of a special law of Congress, the Guamanian Treasury, rather than the US Treasury, receives federal income taxes paid by military and civilian Federal employees stationed in Guam

Kiribati

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Marshall Islands

recipient:
under the terms of the Compact of Free Association, the US is to provide approximately $40 million in aid annually

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

recipient:
under terms of the Compact of Free Association, the US will provide $1.3 billion in grant aid during the period 1986-2001

Nauru

recipient:
ODA, $NA

New Caledonia

recipient:
ODA, $NA

New Zealand

donor:
ODA, $98 million (1993)

Niue

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Norfolk Island

none

Northern Mariana Islands

none

Palau

recipient:
ODA, $NA

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 $500 million in US aid over 15 years in return for furnishing military facilities

Papua New Guinea

recipient:
ODA, $291 million (1993)

Pitcairn Islands

recipient:
ODA bilateral commitments (1992-93), $84,000

Western Samoa now Samoa

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Solomon Islands

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Tokelau

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Tonga

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Tuvalu

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Vanuatu

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Wallis and Futuna

recipient:
ODA, $NA

South America

14 entries

Argentina

$NA

Bolivia

recipient:
ODA, $362 million (1993)

Brazil

recipient:
ODA, $107 million (1993)

Chile

recipient:
ODA, $62 million (1993)

Colombia

recipient:
ODA, $30 million (1993)

Ecuador

recipient:
ODA, $153 million (1993)

note: received $12.7 million from the US and $160 million from other countries in 1995

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

recipient:
ODA, $NA

note: UK, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments totaled $18 million (1993-94)

French Guiana

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Guyana

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Paraguay

recipient:
ODA, $38 million (1993)

Peru

recipient:
ODA, $363 million (1993)

Suriname

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Uruguay

recipient:
ODA, $91 million (1993)

Venezuela

recipient:
ODA, $46 million (1993)

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

$NA

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

recipient:
ODA, $61 million (1993)

Cambodia

recipient:
ODA, $NA

note: IMF pledged $120 million in aid for 1995-98

Christmas Island

none

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

none

Hong Kong

$NA

Indonesia

recipient:
ODA, $1.542 billion (1993)

Laos

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Macau

recipient:
ODA, $NA

Malaysia

recipient:
ODA, $45 million (1993)

Philippines

recipient:
ODA, $934 million (1993)

Singapore

$NA

Taiwan

$NA

Thailand

recipient:
ODA, $624 million (1993)

Vietnam

recipient:
ODA, $57 million (1993)

note: $2.31 billion in credits and grants pledged by international donors for 1996

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1996, “Economic aid”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/economic-aid/1996.

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