Foreign aid to Jordan hits $1 billion

Home Business Foreign aid to Jordan hits $1 billion 01-08-2015 10:28 PM Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - Total foreign aid to Jordan since the beginning of 2015 amounted to $1 billion, according to planning ministry figures. The ministry said Saturday that the external grants from donor nations reached $632.64 million, while the soft loans directed to support the general budget amounted to $364.84 million and the government-guaranteed soft loans totaled $72.4 million. The Saudi Fund for Development along with the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development were the largest donors, as their aid totaled $256.1million, it said. The United States supplied Jordan with a wheat grant worth $25.1 million, while Japan provided $17.6 million as medical equipment to the health ministry, the figures revealed. According to the statistics, the EU grants totaled $66 million and the German Bank for Reconstruction provided $22.4 million. Moreover, the soft loans directed to support the Kingdom's general budget reached $196 million and was provided by Japan while the government-guaranteed loans totaled $72.4million was provided by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the figures showed. The ministry also pointed out that the European Investment Bank and the United Nations Development Programme both provided $11million.

Home Business

Foreign aid to Jordan hits $1 billion

01-08-2015 10:28 PM

Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - Total foreign aid to Jordan since the beginning of 2015 amounted to $1 billion, according to planning ministry figures.

The ministry said Saturday that the external grants from donor nations reached $632.64 million, while the soft loans directed to support the general budget amounted to $364.84 million and the government-guaranteed soft loans totaled $72.4 million.

The Saudi Fund for Development along with the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development were the largest donors, as their aid totaled $256.1million, it said.

The United States supplied Jordan with a wheat grant worth $25.1 million, while Japan provided $17.6 million as medical equipment to the health ministry, the figures revealed.

According to the statistics, the EU grants totaled $66 million and the German Bank for Reconstruction provided $22.4 million.

Moreover, the soft loans directed to support the Kingdom's general budget reached $196 million and was provided by Japan while the government-guaranteed loans totaled $72.4million was provided by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the figures showed.

The ministry also pointed out that the European Investment Bank and the United Nations Development Programme both provided $11million.

no comments

Notice

All comments are reviewed and posted only if approved.
Ammon News reserves the right to delete any comment at any time, and for any reason, and will not publish any comment containing offense or deviating from the subject at hand, or to include the names of any personalities or to stir up sectarian, sectarian or racial strife, hoping to adhere to a high level of the comments as they express The extent of the progress and culture of Ammon News' visitors, noting that the comments are expressed only by the owners.

name : *
email
	show email
comment : *
Verification code :	Refresh write code :