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How much international aid does Palestine receive?

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The Jewish Virtual Library, in its website's "Fact Sheets # 27: The Palestinian Money Trail" section (accessed Sep. 29, 2006) offered the following:
"Since the signing of the Oslo Accord in 1993, the U.S. government has committed more than $1.3 billion in economic assistance to the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Since the end of 2000, Arab states have transferred to the Palestinian Authority monthly financial aid of $45 million (since April 2002 this sum was increased to $55 million). The European Union (EU) transfers to the PA approximately $9 million monthly. By the end of 2001, the Palestinians had received $4 billion (the figure is now closer to $5.5 billion) since the 1993 Oslo agreements.

This is the equivalent of $1,330 per Palestinian. By comparison, the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe after World War II provided $272 per European (in today's dollars)."

Sep. 29, 2006 - Jewish Virtual Library  

The CIA - World Factbook, as of Sep. 27, 2006, estimated the amount of economic aid received by the West Bank and Gaza Strip and explained the methodology used to arrive at its estimate:
"Economic aid - recipient: $2 Billion from US (2004 est.)" [Total contributions over 50 + years] "This entry [economic aid estimate], which is subject to major problems of definition and statistical coverage, refers to the net inflow of Official Development Finance (ODF) to recipient countries. The figure includes assistance from the World Bank, the IMF, and other international organizations and from individual nation donors. Formal commitments of aid are included in the data. Omitted from the data are grants by private organizations. Aid comes in various forms including outright grants and loans. The entry thus is the difference between new inflows and repayments. These figures are calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms."

Sep. 27, 2006 - Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) - The World Factbook 

The European Union (EU), in a section on its website (accessed Sep. 26, 2006) titled "The EU's Relations with West Bank and Gaza Strip," stated the following:
"Since the outbreak of the second Intifada in September 2000... the European Community shifted much of its assistance from more long-term institution-building to badly needed humanitarian assistance and support to refugees through the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)... The Council of the European Union, together with the European Parliament, endorsed the use of budget support in this context."

Sep. 26, 2006 - European Union (EU) 

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Middle East (UNRWA), in its website's "Finances" section (accessed Sep. 22, 2006) offered the following:
Pledges and Contributions to UNRWA (US Dollars)
Country
2005
2006 (Jan-June)

Australia

$7,886,480 $5,974,732

Austria

$2,760,824 $1,922,680

Bahrain

$30,000 $30,000

Belgium

$3,648,282 $3,701,799

Belgium (Flanders)

$432,773 $0

Bulgaria

$0 $10,000

Canada

$10,103,496 $22,877,698

Chile

$5,000 $0

China

$80,000 $80,000

Colombia

$5,995 $4,143

Cyprus

$30,900 $66,815

Czech Republic

$60,835 $66,815

Denmark

$11,380,619 $11,209,098

Finland

$4,586,866 $3,105,590

France

$8,345,397 $9,717,326

Germany

$7,197,633 $1,285,347

Greece

$400,000 $411,311

Holy See

$20,000 $20,000

Iceland

$53,467 $0

India

$20,000 $20,000

Ireland

$2,406,130 $1,813,785

Italy

$2,402,944 $116,733

Japan

$30,101,034 $4,310,345

Jordan

$657,850 $336,226

Republic of Korea

$109,014 $100,000

Kuwait

$1,499,972 $1,500,000

Lebanon

$7,150 $10,000

Liechtenstein

$0 $22,599

Luxembourg

$2,199,224 $2,315,298

Malaysia

$25,000 $25,000

Malta

$12,000 $0

Mexico

$8,000 $0

Monaco

$5,000 $5,000

Morocco

$0 $24,918

Namibia

$1,000 $0

Netherlands

$27,366,736 $15,164,524

New Zealand

$213,600 $204,900

Norway

$31,339,597 $26,568,933

Pakistan

$0 $17,468

Palestine

$2,662,819 $811,192

Poland

$20,000 $0

Portugal

$100,000 $100,000

Quatar

$35,000 $0

Saudi Arabia

$20,000,000 $0

South Africa

$173,913 $159,212

Spanish Kingdom

$6,540,619 $8,997,429

Spain (Catalonia)

$451,694 $538,343

Spain (Valencia)

$0 $223,235

Sweden

$39,077,507 $34,727,871

Switzerland

$9,857,284 $8,042,949

Syria

$154,681 $52,440

Thailand

$30,000 $30,000

Tunisia

$9,909 $9,160

Turkey

$400,000 $500,000

UAE

$500,000 $500,000

United Kingdom

$28,651,303 $26,455,118

USA

$108,000,000 $135,000,000

Total Governments

$372,067,547 $329,119,217

European Commission

$123,041,805 $90,484,526

Arab Governments Fund

$150,000 $0

Total Independent Government

$123,191,805 $90,484,526

UN

$19,008,400 $17,927,674

UN Agencies

$1,289,655 $454,918

UN Human Security Trust Fund
(Contributed by Japan)

$0 $1,326,620

Total UN

$20,298,055 $19,709,212

UAE (Via Red Crescent)

$13,000,000 $13,000,000

Non Government Organizations

$4,065,816 $1,412,000

Private Contributions

$986,755 $470,492

King Abdallah II

$917,000 $0

Sheikh Zayed Foundation

$0 $6,000,000

Grand Total

$534,527,040 $447,193,331

Sep. 22, 2006 - United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) 

The Congressional Research Service (CRS), in a Oct. 10, 2003 report titled "Palestinians and Middle East Peace: Issues for the United States," provided the following:

"The United States contributes to UNRWA [United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East] through the refugee and migration account, authorized in the State Department authorization bill and appropriated through the foreign operations appropriations bill."

US Contributions to UNRWA, 1950-2002
Year
Amount
Year
Amount
1950-1991
$1,618,000,000
1998
$78,000,000
1992
$69,000,000
1999
$81,000,000
1993
$68,000,000
2000
$89,000,000
1994
$78,000,000
2001
$101,000,000
1995
$74,000,000
2002
$100,000,000 (est)
1996
$77,000,000
2003
$100,000,000 (est)
1997
$79,000,000
Total
$2,614,000,000

Oct. 10, 2003 - Congressional Research Service (CRS) 

The Congressional Research Service (CRS), in a Feb. 2, 2006 report titled "U.S. Aid to the Palestinians," provided the following:
"In fiscal year 2005, the Bush Administration and Congress significantly increased U.S. economic aid to the Palestinians through supplemental appropriations and by reprogramming economic aid that had been appropriated in previous years. President Bush also used his authority to provide $50 million in direct assistance to the Palestinian Authority, marking only the fourth time a U.S. president has used a congressionally authorized waiver to channel aid away from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) programs and directly to the Palestinian Authority."

Table. US Assistance to the Palestinians, FY2002-FY2006
(Regular & Supplemental Appropriations; Current Year in $ dollars)


FY2002
Actual

FY2003
Actual

FY2004
Actual

FY2005
Estimate

FY2006
Estimate

Total

$72,000,000

$134,484,000

$74,558,000

$274,400,000

$150,000,000


Feb. 2, 2006 - Congressional Research Service (CRS) 

Last updated on 2/3/2009 8:09 AM PST