Vaughn's Summaries

Politics Summaries
U.S. Budget

HERE is a summary chart of United States Foreign Aid payments. Data is listed by major recipients, for the ten years from 2001 to 2010.

It has become more difficult to get more recent data, since the FAS stopped presenting their analysis in 2006. Ever since, it is necessary to go to the source data from the US State Department. The State Department is not consistant year-by-year in its data presentation. Entities change, departments change, and file names change. Each year presents a new puzzle, as to how to find the data.

Perhaps, this is the reason that the FAS abandoned their oversight summary. Below, the sources are given for all the data on the page.

TOP Recipient Countries
TOP Recipients by AREA
TOP Recipients by PROGRAM
Acronyms and Sources

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

     Notes

  Israel

-

Economic Aid (ESF)

400

781

389

120

240

1,537

477

600

1,080

838

Military Aid (FMF)

2,775

2,550

2,381

2,340

2,280

1,448

2,147

2,100

2,040

1,975

Israel Total

3,175

3,331

2,770

2,460

2,520

2,985

2,624

2,700

3,120

2,813

 Egypt

-

Economic Aid (ESF)

250

200

412

455

495

530

571

615

775

693

Military Aid (FMF)

1,300

1,300

1,289

1,300

1,300

1,289

1,292

1,300

1,300

1,297

Egypt Total

1,550

1,500

1,701

1,758

1,795

1,819

1,863

1,915

2,075

1,990

(All)

Colombia

561

558

567

574

538

381

49

 Drug abatement

Jordan

458

461

457

559

452

230

228

 To leave Israel alone

Pakistan

734

698

537

387

305

893

3

 To chase terrorists

Peru

136

133

152

156

189

197

89

 Drug abatement

Indonesia

159

158

135

122

131

124

120

 Oil reserves

Kenya

437

213

159

101

52

44

38

 Free money, if you are Christian

Bolivia

122

122

132

133

137

126

89

 Drug abatement

Ukraine

96

115

93

113

166

163

182

-

India

117

94

92

87

152

79

59

-

Haiti

225

163

125

101

26

31

48

-

Russia

67

52

91

101

157

165

169

-

Ethiopia

474

145

114

74

52

47

40

-

West Bank/ Gaza

69

150

74

74

75

72

70

 Token response, to "balance" Israel aid

Liberia

102

89

44

202

7

5

5

-

Bangladesh

84

49

55

61

65

66

59

-

Bosnia

43

51

45

64

53

68

86

 Reparations

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2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

     Notes

Israel, Egypt

5,878

5,343

5,556

5,467

5,312

5,401

-

Africa

648

560

283

4,770

2,803

2,444

2,091

1,561

1,460

1,313

-

South and Central Asia

3,268

3,107

1,795

2,139

1,889

1,772

2,484

637

307

204

Category was changed

Western Hemisphere

448

396

554

1,553

1,585

1,713

1,662

1,545

1,333

749

-

Europe & Eur-asia

631

812

608

855

1,266

1,401

1,577

1,776

1,877

2,017

-

East Asia/ Pacific

158

272

301

534

489

523

474

484

494

442

-

Near East

1,677

2,066

1,933

5,142

-

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-

-

-

-

Added category

Other

-

-

-

-

8,918

6,517

5,767

4,666

4,569

4,855

-

-

-

-

-

-

22,828

19,713

19,611

16,136

15,352

14,981

 Test Checksums

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2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

     Notes

CSH (moved to GHCS)

na

na

na

1,740

1,251

1,537

1,824

0

1,433

1,050

Child Survival and Health Programs Fund

DA

2,734

2,038

1,624

1,509

1,103

1,448

1,364

2,739

1,178

1,274

Development Assistance

Economic Aid (ESF)

6,504

7,018

5,362

2,468

3,036

2,480

3,288

2,290

2,224

2,315

Economic Support Fund

Military Aid (FMF)

5,274

5,036

4,719

4,561

4,588

4,745

4,622

4,107

3,650

3,568

Foreign Military Financing

AEECA

762

893

[690]

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia

4,057

1,604

1,409

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Contributions to International Organizations

FSA

nd

nd

396

452

482

555

584

755

784

808

Former Soviet States Assistance

GHAI
GHCS

7,595

5,259

4,662

3,247

1,970

1,373

488

-

-

-

Global HIV/AIDS Initiative
Global Health and Child Survival

732

704

673

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

International Broadcasting Operations

2,341

1,493

1,277

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

International Financial Institutions

357

353

310

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

International Programs and Organizations

IMET

110

93

85

86

86

89

91

80

70

57

International Military Education and Training

INCLE

1,947

1,463

956

473

523

326

460

928

842

324

Internat. Narcotics Control & Law Enforcement

ACI, then ACP

INCLE

315

322

722

734

725

737

705

705

699

Andean Counter drug Initiative (Programs)

MRA

1,480

1,578

1,338

833

892

763

780

372

313

310

Migration and Refugee Assistance

NADR

765

652

497

406

440

398

396

320

278

267

Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Deming

PKO

296

395

261

223

195

177

124

108

135

126

Peacekeeping Operations

1,690

1,921

2,061

1,215

-

-

-

-

-

-

Agricultural Aid

SEED (now AEECA)

274

382

393

442

495

621

674

Assistance for Eastern Europe

Total Other

-

-

-

1,594

7,140

4,697

4,407

3,234

3,117

3,504

"Other" = 58 line items (2001-2003)
"Other" = 94 line items (2004-2006)

-

-

-

-

22,822

19,706

19,607

16,133

15,350

14,976

Test Checksums

Official Totals =

-

-

-

19,802

22,828

19,713

19,611

16,136

15,352

14,981

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ACI - Andean Counter drug Initiative
ACP - Andean Counter drug Program
AEECA - Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia
CSH - Child Survival and Health (moved to GHCS)
DA - Development Assistance
ESF - Economic Support Fund
FMF - Foreign Military Financing
FSA - Former Soviet State Assistance
GHAI - Global HIV/AIDS Initiative
IBO - International Broadcasting Operations
IFI - International Financial Institutions
IMET - International Military Education and Training
INCLE - International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement
IPO - International Programs and Organizations
MRA - Migration and Refugee Assistance
NADR - Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining,
and Related Programs
PKO - PeaceKeeping Operations
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The Complaints About Foreign Aid
Foreign Aid Purpose:
To create foreign markets for US products, esp. arms sales.
1. Foreign aid aids the giver, not the recipient.
2. Corruption is a major problem - many funds go to private bank accounts.
- - - The leaders get the money, the people get nothing.
3. Richer nations receive the most aid.

Foreign Aid Determinants:
1. Strategic considerations (Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Afghanistan)
2. Former colonial status (Africa)
3. Political alignment (Middle East)
4. Drug policy (South America)

Foreign Aid NON-determinants:
Need - The poorest nations receive the least aid.
U.N. Voting Record - Doesn't count, if you can't do anything for the US.

There are 2 main sources of US Foreign Aid -
1. The US Department of State, and
2. USAID - the U.S. Agency for International Development

The Federation of American Scientists, (Washington, DC)

           Foreign Aid Index
2001 - http://ww.fas.org/asmp/profiles/aid/fy2001_fmf.pdp
2002 - http://www.fas.org/asmp/profiles/aid/fy2002part18.pdf
2003 - http://www.fas.org/asmp/profiles/aid/fy2003part14.pdf
2003 - http://www.fas.org/asmp/profiles/aid/fy2003_Table2.html
2004 - http://www.fas.org/asmp/profiles/aid/fy2004/03-summary.pdf
2005 - http://www.fas.org/asmp/profiles/aid/fy2005/CBJ05_Budgettables.pdf
2006 - http://www.fas.org/asmp/profiles/aid/fy2006/CBJAccountsum.pdf

            US State Department Budget Index
2007 - http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/60643.pdf
2008 - http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/80151.pdf
2009 - http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/101368.pdf
2010 - http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/122513.pdf

From year to year, one must be diligent in seeking and finding the appropriate/ applicable data. As descriptions, the filenames are useless.


Sources of error -
1. Numbers for one parameter may be different in another document. Each parameter goes through several "stages" -
Requested, Estimated, Actual and Revised (Actual plus Supplemental)
The report for each year contains 3 figures -
1. The Requested $$$ for the current year
2. The Estimated $$$ for the last year, and
3. The Actual $$$ for the year before last.
One must therefore be careful when comparing figures. No numbers are firm, until they become ancient history.

USAID or the U.S. Agency for International Development, offers tens of thousands of results for any search for non-military aid.

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