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: $201.1 million (1995) Tokelau: $3.8 million (1995) Tonga: $38.8 million (1995) Trinidad and Tobago: $121.4 million (1995) Tunisia: $933.2 million (1995); note - ODA, $90 million (1998 est.) Turkey: ODA, $195 million (1993) Turkmenistan: $27.2 million (1995) Turks and Caicos Islands: $4.1 million (1997) Tuvalu: $13 million (1999 est.); note - major donors are Japan and Australia Uganda: $1.4 billion (2000) Ukraine: $637.7 million (1995); IMF Extended Funds Facility $2.2 billion (1998) United Arab Emirates: $NA Uruguay: $NA Uzbekistan: $276.6 million (1995) Vanuatu: $45.8 million (1995) Venezuela: $35 million with more assistance likely as a result of flooding (1999) Vietnam: $2.1 billion in credits and grants pledged by international donors for 2000 Virgin Islands: $NA Wallis and Futuna: assistance from France West Bank: $121 million disbursed (includes Gaza Strip) (2000) Western Sahara: $NA World: traditional worldwide foreign aid $50 billion (1997 est.) Yemen: $176.1 million (1995) Yugoslavia: $NA Zambia: $1.99 billion (1995) Zimbabwe: $200 million (2000 est.) ====================================================================== @Economy - overview Afghanistan: Afghanistan is an extremely poor, landlocked country, highly dependent on farming and livestock raising (sheep and goats). Economic considerations have played second fiddle to political and military upheavals during two decades of war, including the nearly 10-year Soviet military occupation (which ended 15 February 1989). During that conflict one-third of the population fled the country, with Pakistan and Iran sheltering a combined peak of more than 6 million refugees. In early 2000, 2 million Afghan refugees remained in Pakistan and about 1.4 million in Iran. Gross domestic product has fallen substantially over the past 20 years because of the loss of labor and capital and the disruption of trade and transport; severe drought added to the nation's difficulties in 1998-2000. The majority of the population continues to suffer from insufficient food, clothing, housing, and medical care. Inflation remains a serious problem throughout the country. International aid can deal with only a fraction of the humanitarian problem, let alone promote economic development. In 1999-2000
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