A Look at the 2009 Aid
Request
Adam Isacson
Center for International Policy
1717 Massachusetts Ave NW, Suite 801
Washington DC 20036
(202) 232-3317 / isacson@ciponline.org
Prepared 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...

2008, 2009, Difference,
Country 2007
estimate request 2007-2009
Mexico 65,398,000 551,029,001 498,461,000 433,063,000
El
35,962,000 80,140,000 173,851,000 137,889,000
Salvador
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
Winners: Countries

2008, 2009, Difference,
Country 2007
estimate request 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
Losers: Countries

2008, 2009, Difference,
Program 2007
estimate request 2007-2009
International
Narcotics
Control and 553,097,000 751,618,562 845,982,232 292,885,232
Law
Enforcement
Economic
124,221,000 406,413,000 281,566,000 157,345,000
Support Fund
Development
238,800,000 240,427,000 356,570,000 117,770,000
Assistance
Millennium
120,500,000 144,431,000 184,970,000 64,470,000
Challenge
Winners: Programs

2008, 2009, Difference,
Program 2007
estimate request 2007-2009
International
Narcotics
225,731,000 205,992,439 166,325,768 -59,405,232
Control
Economic Aid
Child Survival
138,823,000 134,201,000 105,340,000 -33,483,000
and Health
Transition
20,985,000 9,942,000 9,942,000 -11,043,000
Initiatives
Foreign
Military 102,790,000 66,249,000 92,531,000 -10,259,000
Financing
Losers: Programs

See More Online
This Slideshow:
Database of U.S. Aid www.slideshare.net/
to the Americas: isacson/a-look-at-
www.justf.org the-2009-aid-
request