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AID FLOWS

OPEC Aid Falls 34% in 1985 

Preliminary data released by the OECD secretariat estimates OPEC aid during 1985 at $3.00bn compared to $4.49bn in 1984, a decrease of 34%. However, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia remained the world's leading aid donors in relation to GNP as the following table shows:

 ______1984______ ______1985_______ Donor $ bn % of GNP $ bn % of GNP Kuwait 1.02 3.82 0.66 2.72 Saudi Arabia 3.21 3.19 2.20 2.30 UAE 0.08 0.31 0.07 0.26...