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  "title": "Financial Assistance from Arab Countries and Arab Regional Institutions",
  "publication": "Occasional Papers, June 15, 1991",
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  "summary": "Arab financial assistance to developing - particularly Arab - countries rose sharply between 1973 and 1980 but fell gradually through the 1980s, owing mainly to weakening oil prices. As a percent of GNP, however, Arab contributions remain the largest among major donors.",
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      "heading": "Summary",
      "content": "- Arab financial assistance to developing — particularly Arab — countries rose sharply between 1973 and 1980 but fell gradually through the 1980s, owing mainly to weakening oil prices.\n- As a percent of GNP, Arab contributions remain the largest among major donors.\n- This paper surveys the volume and distribution of Arab financing from 1973 to 1989."
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      "heading": "Key findings",
      "content": "- Volume trend:\n  - Rise: 1973 to 1980 — “rose sharply”.\n  - Decline: 1980s — “fell gradually” (attributed mainly to weakening oil prices).\n- Relative generosity:\n  - Arab contributions are the largest among major donors when measured as a percent of GNP.\n- Coverage:\n  - Time span surveyed: 1973 to 1989.\n  - Geographic emphasis: developing countries, particularly Arab countries."
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    {
      "heading": "Subjects and keywords",
      "content": "- Subjects: Balance of payments, Concessional external borrowing, External debt, Financial institutions, Imports, International trade, Loans, Outward remittances, Project loans\n- Keywords: Africa, Asia and Pacific, assistance flow, Concessional external borrowing, disbursement, donor country, IMF staff calculation, Imports, Loans, Middle East, net disbursement, OP, Outward remittances, price-production strategy, Project loans, recipient country, Sub-Saharan Africa, Western Hemisphere\n\n---\n\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/occasional-papers/issues/2016/12/30/financial-assistance-from-arab-countries-and-arab-regional-institutions-63"
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    "Authors: P. van den Boogaerde",
    "Published: June 15, 1991",
    "Series: Occasional Papers",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781557751805.084",
    "Arab financial assistance to developing — particularly Arab — countries rose sharply between 1973 and 1980 but fell gradually through the 1980s, owing mainly to weakening oil prices.",
    "As a percent of GNP, Arab contributions remain the largest among major donors.",
    "This paper surveys the volume and distribution of Arab financing from 1973 to 1989.",
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    "Relative generosity:",
    "Coverage:",
    "Subjects: Balance of payments, Concessional external borrowing, External debt, Financial institutions, Imports, International trade, Loans, Outward remittances, Project loans",
    "Keywords: Africa, Asia and Pacific, assistance flow, Concessional external borrowing, disbursement, donor country, IMF staff calculation, Imports, Loans, Middle East, net disbursement, OP, Outward remittances, price-production strategy, Project loans, recipient country, Sub-Saharan Africa, Western Hemisphere"
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