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E. Sectors of Assistance

When analyzing and reporting, the sectors are primarily contributions to multilateral organizations’ budgets.
determined by the foreign aid activity’s purpose. The UAE For three consecutive years, the health sector remained
acknowledges that the recipient nations have the best a top priority, securing the second-highest funding
understanding of what their sustainable development from the UAE in 2022. The aid disbursed for this
demands. Consequently, the UAE structures its foreign sector totaled AED 1.48 billion (USD 403.5 million).
assistance program to reflect this, contributing 54% to The primary focus of the UAE’s health programs in
the general program assistance sector in 2022, a more 2022 was COVID-19 control and emergency health,
than 53% increase from 2021. This aid, largely provided accounting for nearly 60% of the total disbursements
as general budget support, enabled additional funding to this sector. The most vulnerable were the main
for national budgets, including those of three Least recipients of this health sector aid, with 36% directed
Developed Countries (LDCs). to 24 Least Developed Countries (LDCs), and 32% to 15
Lower-Middle Income Countries (LMICs).
Within the realm of the general program assistance Section 2 of this report offers a detailed description of
sector, the UAE also provided core and earmarked the UAE’s supported sectors of assistance.

Figure (5): Funds Disbursed, by Sector
(In USD millions, and as % of total, 2022)

Environment and Climate Change )0.1%( 4.3
)0.001%( 0.03 Population Policy and Reproductive Health
)0.04%( 1.5 Business Services Biosphere and Biodiversity )0.2%( 5.9
)0.1%( 2.2 Peace and Security Agriculture )0.4%( 15.0
Energy Generation and Supply )1%( 31.6
Industry )1%( 40.1
Government and Civil Society )2%( 54.7
Water and Sanitation )2%( 65.2
Transport and Storage )3%( 97.8
)54%( 1,858.5 General Programme Education )3%( 100.3
Assistance
Construction and Civil Development )3%( 107.3
Commodity Aid )8%( 276.4
Total Social Services )11%( 384.9
3,449.1 Health )12%( 403.5