VOL. XXXI

NO. 38

27-JUNE-1988

Financial and Banking News

AID FLOWS

Arab Aid Drops 27% in 1987

According to figures compiled by the Development Assistance Committee (DAC)of the OECD, Arab aid donors cut their net aid disbursements to developingcountries by 27% in 1987 to only $3.3bn. The DAC report notes that the size ofthe fall in Arab aid is exaggerated by an unusually high net disbursement bySaudi Arabia in 1986. However, aid from Kuwait dropped sharply, to less thanhalf its 1986 level by DAC's...