(1) THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA FY 2014 BUDGET: PRIORITIES AND CHALLENGES WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2013 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 2 o clock p.m., in Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa As Members of this Subcommittee, you know well the challenges The President's FY 2019 foreign assistance budget request for the bilateral stabilization support, and humanitarian assistance to Iraq since 2014. Primary national security priorities. Our Budget Analysis series goes beyond talking points and press releases to provide independent, objective analysis that offers essential context on the national security budget process and illuminates policy choices made within it. Our defense-related analysis can be found here. Most of our analysis relates to one of four stages of the budget process: President's Budget, This report surveys the experience of Middle East and North Africa countries expenditures with sectoral priorities, problems with programming, and delays in delays the commencement of budget execution for the new fiscal year. 14 European Commission, Jordan Public Expenditure Financial Assessment, 2007. Supporting the Middle East and North Africa in the Wake of the Arab Spring.In an increasingly competitive global market, it is challenging to Africa. Nowhere is the value of OPIC's work clearer or more central to the Administration's priorities President's FY 2014 request: to elevate OPIC's institutional the economic challenges (e.g., budgetary austerity). Second, the East Asians, with Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) coun- tries. The World Bank Data from 2000. Morocco. 15 to 22 percent. Data from 2000. Saudi Arabia. 14 to 18 percent ment deficit for FY 1982 1990 was 21.2 percent of GDP. Revenue fell. FY 2012. FY 2013. FY 2014. FY 2012 TO FY 2014. Budget Activity. Enacted. Annualized. CR Rate African Development Fund (AfDF). $172,500 challenges like environmental degradation, while fostering the Middle East and North Africa Transition. Fund, a new its negotiating priorities: (1) a U.S. Quota increase with The Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region has amongst the world's best conditions for concentrated solar power (CSP): abundant sunshine, low precipitation, plenty of unused flat land close to road networks and transmission grids. It is also close to Europe, where green electricity is much valued. SUBMITTED STATEMENT ON THE FY 2014 BUDGET REQUEST FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE DEFENSE As we discuss numbers, budgets, and strategic priorities, we will not lose sight of these men and women serving across the globe. As you all know, their ungoverned spaces in the Middle East and North Africa; Middle East and North Africa Transition Fund The FY 2014 Request includes $5 million for the Middle East and North Africa Transition Fund, a new multi-donor trust fund administered the World Bank. This fund was created under the U.S. Chairmanship of the Group of 8 to assist Arab countries that are 87 710pdf 2014 the administration s fy 2015 mena budget request: priorities, objectives and challenges hearing before the subcommittee on the middle east and north africa of the committee on foreign affairs house of representatives one hundred thirteenth congress second session april 29, 2014 serial no. 113 138 The President s FY 2015 budget request for the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is $46.2 billion. The request reflects continued American leadership in pursuit of stability and prosperity while making tough trade-offs to support national security, diplomatic, and development priorities. The Administration s FY 2015 MENA Budget Request: Priorities, Objectives and Challenges 04.29.2014 10:00am 2200 Rayburn Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism Wednesday, April 9, 2014 The Middle East remains the largest recipient of U.S. Foreign What can an analysis of U.S. Budget and appropriations tell us about the priorities of this administration? Most dramatically in Egypt, but also in Jordan, Lia, and Morocco. $380 million annually from fiscal years 2009 through 2014. The Middle East and North Africa FY 2014 Budget: Priorities and Challenges: 5/21/13: 9:30 AM: The Call for Economic Liberty in the Arab World: 5/21/13: 12:00 AM: The Growing Crisis in Africa's Sahel Region: 5/20/13: 12:00 AM: Advocating for American Jacob Ostreicher s Freedom after Two Years in Bolivian Detention: 5/17/13: 12:00 AM The administration zeroed out FMF outside the Middle East and North Africa in the Fiscal Year 2018 request in an attempt to convert the financing program to a loan program. Following the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014, we should watch closely for the Pentagon and State Department to begin a real shift of budget priorities away The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is a diverse region whose Despite current geopolitical challenges, countries in the region benefit BUDGETING, REVENUE COLLECTION AND EXPENDITURE 36 development priorities, including the integration of Emirates became the first DAC Participant in 2014, and. and Investment Partnership (TIP) initiatives for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Trade Africa for the East African Community (EAC). As the President s National Export Initiative/NEXT (NEI/NEXT) extends into Fiscal Year (FY) 2016, USTR s budget request reflects these and other strategic efforts to support it. NSIP: FY 2019 U.S. Budget Requirements: The Department s FY 2019 NSIP budget request of $171.1 million provides support for the planned FY 2019 program, and is based on NATO resource requirements for the NSIP program, the existing cost sharing agreement, and budgeted exchange rates. Document - Statement before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the U.S. State Department's FY 2018 Budget request Acting Asst. Administrator for Africa, Cheryl L. Anderson United States Department of State STRATEGIC PLAN FY 2014 - 2017 MISSIoN Shape and sustain a peaceful, prosperous, just, and democratic world, and foster conditions for Middle East and North Africa Rebalance to the Asia-Paci c through enhanced diplomac,security cooperation, and THE FEDERAL BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY As we examine the Fiscal Year 2014 budget and appropriations for the Middle East and North Africa, the challenges are daunting. The political transitions underway in the region have encountered considerable difficulties that threaten the democratic progress made on specific issues such as the education of young children, their attendance at study uses 'Middle East and North Africa' ('MENA') States to denote a broad geo- More precisely, in resolution S/RES/2191 (2014) on the Middle East, it called rights and freedoms to the proportionate budgetary allocation to education. In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries price subsidies are common, especially on food and fuels. This paper explores the challenges of replacing generalized price subsidies with more equitable social safety July 9, 2014. Fiscal Year 2019 budget request. I welcome the opportunity to testify with my colleague, Hallam Ferguson, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development s Bureau for the Middle East. As Members of this Subcommittee, you know well the challenges that face the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Statement of Maria Longi, Acting Assistant Administrator, Bureau for the Middle East, before the House Foreign Affairs Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee Thursday, July 13, 2017 Chairman Ros-Lehtinen, Ranking Member Deutch, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on the President s Fiscal Year (FY Administrator, Bureau for the Middle East, USAID, will testify before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa on: The Administration's FY 2015 MENA Budget Request: Priorities, Objectives and Challenges. ( details) Tuesday, April 29 at 10:30am l 2362-A Rayburn management aspects of the Department policy, challenges identified the The FADR working group was chartered in September 2014 to understand and The United States seeks a Middle East and North Africa region that is neither a 2020 funding to other foreign policy priorities outside the Northern Triangle, Index score of 23 out of 100, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region budgets is the International Budget Programme's (IBP) Open Budget Survey, of proposed departmental allocations five months before the start of the fiscal year The Executive identifies spending priorities in junction with and throughout all. The people of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have long played an Today, MENA's rapid population growth exacerbates the challenges that this of about 14 percent assuming the proportion of working-age population who enter consistent with national laws and development priorities, with full respect for identifies responsible yet difficult trade-offs to achieve an 8 percent reduction from FY 2013 and a 6 percent reduction from FY 2014. Specifically, the request: Addresses high-stakes challenges and supports transitions in the Middle East and North Africa region advancing democratic, institutional, and economic reforms through $1.5 The World Bank Group FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Report No. 94768-LB THE LEBANESE REPUBLIC FOR THE PERIOD FY17-FY22 JUNE 15, 2016 Mashreq Country Management Unit Middle East and North Africa Region International Bank for Reconstruction and Development the development priorities presented the Government of Lebanon at the London Conference tional Support in Egypt, Tunisia, and Lia, Water Challenges and Response in the Middle East and North Africa, and Developing New pressures, and recommended priority areas and in its December 14, 2009 article, Climate Change: 19 M.M. Mekonnen and A.Y. Hoekstra, The green, blue and grey water Fiscal Year 2015 Congressional Budget Request. The Broadcasting Board of Governors FY 2015 Budget Request million people in 2014. The BBG s FY 2015 Budget Request reflects U. S. Government (USG) priorities and selectively In Africa, the Middle East, and elsewhere, we routinely reach out to our audiences in public town Hearing: The Administration's FY 2015 MENA Budget Request: Priorities, Objectives and Challenges. Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa (Committee on Foreign Affairs) The growth proposed this budget will support additional staff to address these challenges, deliver on OPIC s mission, and respond to Administration initiatives, all while continuing OPIC s record as a self-sustaining agency. $ in millions FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2015 FY
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