Jordan Daily – The Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation announced that total foreign aid committed to Jordan, including grants and concessional loans, amounted to approximately $2.067 billion by the end of July this year.
In its Foreign Aid Report released on Thursday, the ministry detailed that this aid includes regular grants, concessional loans, and additional grants aimed at supporting Jordan’s response plan to the Syrian crisis. The funded programs and projects are aligned with Jordan’s economic, political, and administrative modernization tracks.
According to the report, regular grants totaled $583.59 million, directed toward development projects in sectors such as water and sanitation, employment and vocational training, livelihoods, municipal services, solid waste management, social protection, economic development, youth and culture, justice, good governance, human rights, agriculture, food security, information technology, health, and education.
These grants also included sectoral support through the budget. Key donors included the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Saudi Arabia , Canada, Kuwait, Germany, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Australia, the World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Finance Corporation, the European Investment Bank, the European Union, the International Labour Organization, Norway, the Netherlands, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency, and Italy, with implementation by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Concessional loans amounted to approximately $1.35058 billion, funding development projects in the water and sanitation sectors, as well as general budget support, with financing from the German Development Bank (KfW), the World Bank, and the European Investment Bank.
Additionally, grants directed toward supporting Jordan’s response plan to the Syrian crisis totaled about $132.8 million, representing roughly 6.8% of the plan’s estimated needs for 2024. These grants were allocated across the plan’s components, with $39.68 million for service projects in host communities and $93.15 million for supporting Syrian refugees.
