[20141020]IN10161_巴勒斯坦权力机构：作为直接预算援助的替代方案向债权人付款？.pdf

CRS InsightsPalestinian Authority: U.S. Payments to Creditors as Alternative to Direct Budgetary Assistance?Jim Zanotti, Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs (jzanotticrs.loc.gov, 7-1441)October 20, 2014 (IN10161)A September 24, 2014, congressional notification (CN) from the U.S. Agency for InternationalDevelopment (USAID) reflects a new executive branch approach in assisting the Palestinian Authority(PA) to pay off some of the debts it incurs in providing various benefits and services to West Bank andGaza residents. The CN indicates that USAID plans to obligate a total of $100 million in FY2014 bilateraleconomic assistance for the Palestinians toward direct U.S. payments to PA creditors, as follows:While not provided directly to the PA, $75 million in requested funds will be used to make paymentsdirectly to two Israeli fuel companies to pay a portion of the debt owed by the PA, and to makepayments to the Bank of Jordan to reimburse the Bank for payments that the Bank has made on behalfof the PA for debt incurred for fuel purchased for the West Bank and Gaza. An additional $25 millionwill be applied to a line of credit at the Bank of Jordan to reimburse the bank for debt payments m