Sudan aid factsheet, 1995-2009: Focus on South Sudan

South Sudan was declared an independent state on 9^th July 2011 and became a recipient of aid in its own right rather than as a region of Sudan. This provides new opportunities for donors to channel aid resources to South Sudan and to track resources for poverty reduction and for humanitarian aid. In this latest edition of our factsheet on aid to Sudan, where data for South Sudan, we place this in context with what we know about aid to Sudan to try to build up a picture of the scale and focus of international investments in South Sudan.