Austria_Wirtschaftsservice_Gesellschaft
Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft
Austrian financial company
The Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft (aws) is an Austrian federal development and financing bank for the promotion and financing of companies. The bank provides around €1 billion (2008) in development aid, mainly as grants, loans and guarantees to finance projects in the value of almost €11 billion (2008).[2] aws is focused on four different areas: Technology and innovation, equity and capital markets, promotion and financing as well as services for research and development management.[1] In addition to these core activities it also administers the Austrian federal economic stimulus package of around €1 billion in 2009 and 2010.[3] According to the OECD, Austria’s total official development assistance (ODA) (USD 1.9 billion) increased in 2022 due to an increase in in-donor refugee costs. It represented 0.39% of gross national income (GNI).[4]