Total aid: $233m (receipts)

Aid trend: Down 2% in 2002

Post-civil-war aid focused on efforts to secure peace and achieve national reconciliation by funding rebuilding and refugee resettlement programs. The current emphasis is on a shift toward supporting growth.

The UN received a slow international response in 2001 to its appeal for $34.8 million in emergency housing, medicine, and disaster prevention programs after El Salvador's devastating earthquakes.

From "The Financial Times World Desk Reference" © Dorling Kindersley 2004