A Look at the 2009 Aid Request
Adam IsacsonCenter for International Policy
1717 Massachusetts Ave NW, Suite 801Washington DC 20036
(202) 232-3317 / [email protected] for LAWG,
February 20, 2008
Foreign Operations Budget Request
See http://www.state.gov/f/releases/iab/fy2009/Larger version will be posted to
http://www.state.gov/s/d/rm/rls/cbj/
Foreign Ops Aid
Defense Budget Aid
All Aid (estimate)
Top Recipients
Big Increase for Mexico and Central America
Big Increase for Mexico and Central America
Colombia: Back to the Future...
Winners: Countries
Country 20072008,
estimate2009,
requestDifference, 2007-2009
Mexico 65,398,000 551,029,001 498,461,000 433,063,000
El Salvador
35,962,000 80,140,000 173,851,000 137,889,000
Nicaragua 69,169,000 79,644,000 87,325,000 18,156,000
Haiti 197,121,000 204,762,000 215,157,000 18,036,000
Guatemala 41,834,000 60,977,000 50,952,000 9,118,000
Losers: Countries
Country 20072008,
estimate2009,
requestDifference, 2007-2009
Colombia 618,657,000 542,891,000 545,189,000 -73,468,000
Honduras 113,176,000 83,188,000 45,776,000 -67,400,000
Peru 132,768,000 93,000,000 106,133,000 -26,635,000
Venezuela 13,668,000 4,542,000 5,000,000 -8,668,000
Brazil 16,343,000 15,469,000 9,362,000 -6,981,000
Winners: Programs
Program 20072008,
estimate2009,
requestDifference, 2007-2009
International Narcotics
Control and Law
Enforcement
553,097,000 751,618,562 845,982,232 292,885,232
Economic Support Fund
124,221,000 406,413,000 281,566,000 157,345,000
Development Assistance
238,800,000 240,427,000 356,570,000 117,770,000
Millennium Challenge
120,500,000 144,431,000 184,970,000 64,470,000
Losers: Programs
Program 20072008,
estimate2009,
requestDifference, 2007-2009
International Narcotics Control
Economic Aid
225,731,000 205,992,439 166,325,768 -59,405,232
Child Survival and Health
138,823,000 134,201,000 105,340,000 -33,483,000
Transition Initiatives
20,985,000 9,942,000 9,942,000 -11,043,000
Foreign Military
Financing102,790,000 66,249,000 92,531,000 -10,259,000
See More Online
Database of U.S. Aid to the Americas:www.justf.org
This Slideshow:www.slideshare.net/isacson/a-look-at-
the-2009-aid-request
