Table 1.—U.S. Resource Flows to Developing Countries and Multilateral Organizations, 1993-97
[Millions of dollars]
| (ouflows +; inflows -) | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 |
| Flows to Part I-Developing countries /1/ | 58,235 | 59,738 | 46,984 | 55,730 | 74,991 |
 Official development assistance (ODA), net |
10,123 | 9,927 | 7,367 | 9,377 | 6,878 |
| Bilateral grants, net |
8,496 | 8,301 | 6,387 | 7,672 | 5,633 |
| Program aid |
2,101 | 2,311 | 1,422 | 3,244 | 1,030 |
| Technical cooperation |
3,310 | 2,796 | 2,614 | 2,787 | 2,741 |
| Food aid |
1,095 | 1,187 | 771 | 420 | 718 |
| Emergency and distress relief |
669 | 1,132 | 789 | 585 | 340 |
| Debt forgiveness (principal and interest) |
667 | 226 | 128 | 175 | |
| Other/2/ |
654 | 649 | 663 | 636 | 629 |
| Bilateral loans, net |
-1,179 | -1,017 | -773 | -755 | -694 |
| Food aid loans, amounts extended |
293 | 146 | 109 | 152 | 153 |
| Other loans, amounts extended |
22 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 7 |
| ODA rescheduling, amounts extended/3/ |
694 | 53 | 271 | ||
| Amounts received and offsetting entries/4/ |
-2,188 | -1,243 | -892 | -916 | -1,125 |
| Multilateral grants, capital subscriptions, and lending, net |
2,806 | 2,643 | 1,753 | 2,460 | 1,939 |
| Grants to UN agencies |
749 | 852 | 718 | 732 | 739 |
| Food aid through UN |
302 | 283 | 258 | 178 | 253 |
| Grants to other international organizations |
227 | 208 | 196 | 266 | 264 |
| Capital subscriptions (issuances) |
1,541 | 1,312 | 594 | 1,300 | 700 |
| Concessional lending to multilateral agencies, net |
-13 | -12 | -13 | -16 | -17 |
| Other official flows (OOF), net |
140 | 867 | 1,473 | 1,118 | 287 |
| Export-related transactions, amounts extended |
450 | 715 | 612 | 922 | 1,265 |
| Investment-related and other transactions, amounts extended |
518 | 553 | 595 | 636 | 672 |
| OOF rescheduling, amounts extended/5/ |
1,760 | 1,261 | 2,156 | 1,590 | 975 |
| Amounts received and offsetting entries/4/ |
-2,588 | -1,662 | -1,890 | -2,030 | -2,625 |
| Private flows at market terms, net |
45,405 | 46,330 | 35,642 | 42,726 | 65,308 |
| Direct investment abroad, net |
20,562 | 21,407 | 23,228 | 23,308 | 29,962 |
| Securities and bank credits, net |
23,817 | 19,838 | 13,404 | 19,472 | 36,417 |
| Private export credits under guarantee programs, net |
-621 | 4,479 | -780 | 943 | 2,697 |
| Multilateral securities, net |
1,647 | 606 | -210 | -997 | -3,768 |
| Grants by nongovernmental organizations, net |
2,567 | 2,614 | 2,502 | 2,509 | 2,518 |
| Flows to Part II-Developing countries in transition/1/ | 3,851 | 2,949 | 3,289 | 4,904 | 18,308 |
| Official aid, net/6/ |
1,647 | 2,422 | 1,280 | 1,694 | 2,516 |
| Other official flows, net |
1,071 | 87 | -8 | -24 | 5 |
| Private flows at market terms, net |
825 | 146 | 1,720 | 2,939 | 14,740 |
| Grants by nongovernmental organizations, net |
308 | 294 | 297 | 295 | 1,047 |
| Addenda: | |||||
| U.S. GNP at current prices/7/ |
6,372,300 | 6,744,400 | 7,070,400 | 7,446,500 | 7,853,100 |
| ODA as a percentage of GNP (percent) |
.16 | .15 | .10 | .13 | .09 |
| Total flows to Part I countries as a percentage of GNP (percent) |
.91 | .89 | .66 | .75 | .95 |
- Flows are net disbursements to Part I and Part II developing countries (includes development-oriented multilateral organizations) on the list of aid recipients as designated by the Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- Includes primarily administrative costs of agencies dedicated to foreign assistance.
- Includes new loans to retire outstanding credits and capitalize interest.
- Includes credit repayments, retirement of existing loans with proceeds from rescheduling, and offsetting entries related to debt forgiveness (principal only).
- Includes new loans to retire outstanding credits, capitalize interest, and convert defaulted credits of foreign borrowers under U.S. Government loan guarantee programs into long-term credits.
- Official flows to Part II countries that have the same concessional and qualitative features as ODA are designated official aid. Only flows to Part I countries are eligible to be recorded as ODA.
- GNP entries are standardized System of National Accounts data.
NOTE.—In 1996, the Bahamas, Brunei, Kuwait, Qatar, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates were reclassified from Part I to Part II status. In 1997, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Falkland Islands, Hong Kong, Israel, and Taiwan were reclassified from Part I to Part II status, and Moldova shifted from Part II to Part I status.
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, from information made available by operating agencies.
GNP Gross national product
