Cablegate: Austrian Assistance to Andean Region

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UNCLAS VIENNA 000796

SIPDIS

FOR EUR/AGS, EUR/ERA, AND WHA/AND

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID ECON PREL CO EC PE BL VE AU EUN
SUBJECT: AUSTRIAN ASSISTANCE TO ANDEAN REGION

REF: STATE 27676

1. The GOA focuses its public development assistance (ODA)
projects on certain "priority and cooperation countries."
None of the Andean states are in this category.
Consequently, bilateral projects in the Andean region only
accounted for a tiny fraction (0.4%) of Austria's total ODA,
which amounted to Euro 456.8 million (USD 593.8 million) in
2003. 33.5% of Austria's ODA goes to EU funds. There are
no statistics available on the use of specific Member
States' contributions for EU projects.

2. Austria's ODA for the Andean States in EUR (USD):

2000 2001 2002 2003

Bolivia 199,320 510,210 305,070 226,020
(259,110) (663,270) (396,590) (293,820)

Colombia 517,360 588,270 580,250 482,080
(672,570) (764,750) (754,330) (626,700)

Ecuador 490,310 589,030 509,610 515,920
(637,300) (765,740) (662,490) (670,700)

Peru 511,210 557,720 558,230 490,000
(664,250) (725,040) (725,700) (637,000)
Venezuela 117,080 65,400 76,080 116,090
(152,200) (85,020) (98,900) (150,920)

The table does not include debt rescheduling and debt
reduction figures, but only disbursements for concrete
assistance. Figures for 2004 are not yet available.

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