U.S. Aid Continues to Flow to Jordan, So Far Lesser Amount Budgeted vs. 2020
Posted on 07/18/2021
The United States via its U.S. economic assistance program for 2021 is transferring US$ 600 million to Jordan’s Treasury as part of a cash grant to the Middle East kingdom. This is the first installment of a US$ 845 million grant. The grant will support development projects in sectors, ranging from water to energy, while helping reduce Jordan’s fiscal budget deficit. The United States is Jordan’s single largest provider of bilateral assistance, providing more than US$ 1.5 billion in 2020, including US$ 1.082 billion appropriated by the U.S. Congress to Jordan through USAID in the 2020 fiscal year budget, and US$ 425 million in State Department Foreign Military Financing funds. The United States has also provided nearly US$ 1.7 billion in humanitarian assistance to support Syrian refugees in Jordan since the start of the Syria crisis. In 2018, the U.S. and Jordan signed a non-bind
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When it comes to trade in the tools of death and destruction, no one tops the United States of America. In April of this year, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) published its annual analysis of trends in global arms sales and the winner as always was the U.S. of A. Between 2016 and 2020, this country accounted for 37% of total international weapons deliveries, nearly twice the level of its closest rival, Russia, and more than six times that of Washington’s threat du jour, China. Sadly, this was no surprise to arms-trade analysts. The U.S. has held that top … Continue reading →