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United States Economic Aid to Africa: I. A Background Paper

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 September 2016

Lloyd D. Black
Lloyd D. Black*
Affiliation:
Office of Development Planning, Bureau for Africa, Agency for International Development
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This brief discussion of United States economic aid to Africa has been compiled as a factual summary rather than an analysis or critical evaluation of present programs. A general description of economic aid, and of the activities of the Agency for International Development, is followed by a more detailed note on a country program in operation, that in the Sudan.

Although not the largest single donor in Africa, the U.S. Government in fiscal 1962 and again in fiscal 1963 provided about $500 million in economic assistance to 34 African countries. Surplus food and fiber under the Food for Peace Program accounted for nearly half of this aid. In contrast, other Free World government sources provided about $1, 200 million, and the Sino-Soviet Bloc extended $200 to $250 million in credits. Thus, the U.S. contributed roughly one-fourth of Africa's $2 billion in annual external economic assistance from government sources. In addition important contributions were made by U.S. private foundations, religious organizations, and other nongovernment groups. U.S. direct investments in “AID Africa” rose to about $800 million in 1962 from about $100 million in 1950.

Type
Research Article
Information
African Studies Review , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , March 1964 , pp. 1 - 6
Copyright
Copyright © African Studies Association 1964

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1. The 34 countries of “AID Africa” exclude the Republic of South Africa, the Portuguese overseas provinces, Spain's African Provinces, the several small dependencies of France and Britain, and Egypt, where the aid program is administered by the Bureau for Near East and South Asia.

2. For figures of assistance to individual countries, see table at the end of this article. A description of U.S. Development programs is now available in Proposed Mutual Defense and Development FY 1965: Summary-Presentation to the Congress, published in April 1964. Detailed information on programs may also be found in the annual hearings before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and the Appropriations Committees of the two Houses.

3. Includes U S. contributions to United Nations economic assistance to Congo.

4. This is a “preliminary” figure; “final” figure is about $240 million.