Number: RL33331
Title: U.S. Occupation Assistance: Iraq, Germany and Japan Compared
Authors: Nick Serafino, Curt Tarnoff, and Dick K. Nanto, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division 
Abstract: This report compares aggregate data on U.S. assistance to Iraq through FY2006 with U.S. assistance to Germany and Japan during the seven years following World War II. U.S. aid allocations (all grant assistance) for Iraq appropriated from 2003 through 2006 total $35.7 billion. About $11.8 billion (33%) went for economic infrastructure assistance. The remaining $23.8 billion was targeted at bolstering Iraqi security ($15.5 billion) and traditional political, social, and economic reform assistance ($8.3 billion). A higher proportion of Iraqi aid has been provided for economic reconstruction of critical infrastructure than was the case for Germany and Japan. Total U.S. assistance to Iraq thus far is about a fifth more than total assistance (adjusted for inflation) provided to Germany - and somewhat more than double that provided to Japan - from 1946-1952.
Pages: 13
Date: January 29, 2008