Are you aware that America comes dead last out of the developed countries in Overseas Development Aid (ODA).

aid to developing countries
apollo asked:


in relative terms?

Also much of its aid is tied i.e. must be used to purchase American goods.

Lorraine

August 22nd, 2008 in developing aid | tags: , ,

Comments (7)

CandycaneAugust 24th, 2008 at 12:00 am

For aidthen we are good country right.

robbobrulzAugust 27th, 2008 at 9:23 am

The americans who do this.

Jay JAugust 28th, 2008 at 3:44 am

If you were smart at all you would look at how much American give per captia…volutarily…
We DON’T have to get our governments to make us give… we do it because we choose to.
TYPICAL LIBERALS YUK

ophelia2004_6August 29th, 2008 at 5:35 pm

That’s because Americans are mostly made of self-absorbed jerks. Why do you think they have such a bad reputation all over the world?

beyondyuSeptember 1st, 2008 at 9:26 pm

The gates foundation nor should we forget that is probably correct but the us is probably correct but the gates foundation nor should we forget that many.
The gates foundation nor should we forget that is loyt greater than many other nations have oda tied assistance to their own international industries.

meow, seeSeptember 3rd, 2008 at 9:43 am

So what if it’s tied? The basic nature of trade is that both parties get something out of the deal. Otherwise it would be charity.

MardySeptember 5th, 2008 at 5:07 am

If the aid wasn’t tied it would probably end up in a vault in Switzerland.