Maldives gets just 7% of expected aid in 7 months

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The Maldives expected to receive MVR 2.59 billion in grants this year, but only 7% of that, or MVR 172.6 million, has come in during the first seven months. This is 51% less than what was received last year during the same time. Despite this, the Finance Ministry says they've kept the budget in surplus. Government revenue was MVR 22.2 billion,