VOL. XXXI

NO. 48

5-SEPTEMBER-1988

Financial and Banking News

AID FLOWS

Arab Aid Commitments Total $1.55bn in 1987

Arab aid commitments during 1987 totaled $1,555.33mn, or 17.8% less than the 1986 figure of $1,832.37mn, according to information released by the Coordination Secretariat at the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development. Total aid committed by eight Arab funds (IDB, ADFAED, OFID, SFD, IFED, AFESD, KFAED, BADEA) since 1962 has reached $25.3bn, financ- ing 2,040 operations in 103...