VOL. XLVI

No 24

16-June-2003

JORDAN

US Grants Jordan $84.6Mn Final Tranche Of Regular Economic Aid

The US agreed on 10 June to release the last tranche of $84.6mn of its economic aid package to Jordan for fiscal year 2003 worth a total of $250mn. The first grant of $41.5mn will go towards urgently-needed projects to develop the water management system in the kingdom a key goal of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) partnership with the government, according to a statement from the...