AMMAN — The total foreign aid pledged to
Jordan for the first quarter of this year amounted to $554.6 million, about
JD393 million, according to data published by the
Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, carried by Al-Mamlaka TV.
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The total sum included $334.8 million for soft
loans, $30.5 million for development grants, $189 million for supporting the
Jordan Response Plan to the
Syrian Crisis, and $30 million for supporting
regional projects. The period covered was from January 1 to March 30, 2022.
The total amount of foreign aid was distributed as
the follows; 91.6 percent for soft loans, while the percentage of regular
grants reached 8.3 percent.
45%
Of aid will go for projects that support promoting gender equality
Distribution of aid per sector was as follow: 45
percent for projects that support promoting gender equality, 31 percent for
employment, training and livelihoods projects, 16 percent for infrastructure
projects, 3 percent for the education sector, 3 percent for water and
sanitation projects, 2 percent for the agricultural sector, 0.24 percent for
the health sector, 0.05 percent for the tourism sector, 0.14 percent for
projects that support economic growth, in addition to projects that supports
human rights by 0.08 percent, according to the ministry.
Meanwhile, total foreign funding pledged to Jordan in 2021
reached JD3.1 billion ($4.4 billion), according to the ministry. It indicated
that regular grants to Jordan amounted to JD1.3 billion, eased loans amounted
to approximately JD1.2 billion, while support for Jordan’s response plan to the
Syrian crisis amounted to JD527.4 million.
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