Economic aid to the Maldives
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Before the 1980s, the
Maumoon Abdul Gayyoom, who assumed office in 1978, Maldives received an annual average of US$15.5 million in external assistance in the form of grants and loans from SAARC
to Maldives.
In 1992, Maldives received approximately US$11.6 million in foreign aid from international agencies such as the
harbour development.[1] The Maldives currently owes more than 35% of its debt to Chinese investors. The challenge with the Maldives' outlook is that it is developing too much too quickly, and the small island nation is vulnerable to China's formidable financial power. There is lack of economic capacity to compete.[2]
The United Nations Development Programme is providing support to the Maldives for environmental projects.
Debt growth
Debt - external: estimated percent of GDP[3]
- 2014 - 56.2%
- 2015 - 55.1%
- 2016 - 60.3%
- 2017 - 64.4%
- 2018 - 66.2%
- 2019 - 66.9%
References
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Karl E. Ryavec (1994). Helen Chapin Metz (ed.). Maldives: A Country Study. Federal Research Division. Economic Aid.
- ^ "Maldives: The Latest Victim of Chinese Debt Diplomacy". Management Study Guide. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
- ^ "Maldives Macro Outlook Indicators" (PDF). World Bank. p. 2. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
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