Arab Gulf Programme for Development

Description: Arab Gulf Programme for Development (UN).

Financial institution: Arab Gulf Programme for Development - United Nations (AGFUND).

1. Headquarters: Saudi Arabia
2. The Arab Gulf Programme for Development was created by His Royal Highness, Prince Abdul Aziz Al Saud in 1980 in partnership with the United Nations
3. Beneficiaries: all the Countries of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, and Kuwait)
4. The main areas of the Arab Gulf Programme for Development are the socio-economic development (education and health) and poverty reduction (micro-credits, skill development, and vocational training), especially for women (empowerment), children, and refugees
5. Special funds for wars and natural disasters
6. The Arab Gulf Programme for Development has financed more than 1,200 projects in 133 countries

The Arab Gulf Programme for Development - United Nations (AGFUND) is a Muslim fund of the Islamic Civilisation

The main receptors of the Arab Gulf Programme for Development are Afghanistan, Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Guinea, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Pakistan, Palestine, Senegal, Sudan, Somalia, Tunisia, Turkey, Ivory Coast, Yemen, Syria, Sierra Leone, Bangladesh, Gabon, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Uganda, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Comoros, Iraq, Maldives, Djibouti, Benin, Brunei Darussalam, Nigeria, Azerbaijan, Albania, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Mozambique, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Suriname, Togo, and Guyana.

Arab Development Funds

1. Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA)
2. Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
3. Arab Monetary Fund
4. Arab Trade Financing Programme (ATFP)
5. Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)
6. OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID)
7. Abu Dhabi Fund for Development
8. Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development
9. Saudi Fund for Development