The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) prepares this report as requested by the Congressional Committees primarily concerned with foreign aid, i.e., the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Appropriations Committee. The legislative authority for the report is the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (P.L. 87-195), Section 634, as amended.

Data reported in this publication may also be obtained from the USAID web site at www.usaid.gov. Look under “Who We Are”, then “Transparency”. You will find the link for the "Greenbook" under the “Other Financial Reporting” heading. The US Overseas Loans and Grants (Greenbook) Web page allows users to create their own tables of data for selected countries, years and type of USG loan or grant assistance.

The data in this report are from United States Government departments and independent offices.

USAID welcomes comments regarding the contents and format of this report. Please direct correspondence to: Bureau for Legislative and Public Affairs; U.S. Agency for International Development; 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20523-6701.

The USAID Development Experience Clearinghouse document ID number for this document is PB-AAA-800.