{"id":55599,"date":"2014-04-11T12:11:51","date_gmt":"2014-04-11T10:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=55599"},"modified":"2014-04-11T12:11:51","modified_gmt":"2014-04-11T10:11:51","slug":"worlds-biggest-foreign-aid-donors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/55599\/worlds-biggest-foreign-aid-donors\/","title":{"rendered":"World’s biggest foreign aid donors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Foreign aid donations to developing countries hit an all-time high, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), reaching a total of US$144.1 billion in 2013.<\/p>\n

According to OECD, Development Assistance Committee (DAC) member nations donated a total of US$134.8 billion in foreign aid in 2013.<\/p>\n

This figure is 6.1% higher than official development assistance (ODA) delivered in 2012, after two years of falling volumes.<\/p>\n

Non-DAC countries added US$9.34 billion in donations.<\/p>\n

Bilateral aid to sub-Saharan Africa was US$26.2 billion, 4.0% lower in real terms from 2012, while aid to the African continent fell by 5.6% to US$28.9 billion.<\/p>\n

“Excluding debt relief, which was high in 2012 due to assistance to C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, net aid in real terms rose by 1.2% to sub-Saharan Africa but fell by 0.9% to the continent as a whole.”<\/p>\n

“An annual survey of donor spending plans by the OECD\u00a0 indicated that aid levels could increase again in 2014 and stabilise thereafter,” OECD said.<\/p>\n

“However, a trend of a falling share of aid going to the neediest sub-Saharan African countries looks likely to continue.”<\/p>\n

The world’s biggest donors<\/h3>\n

The largest donors by volume were the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan and France.<\/p>\n

The US remained the largest donor by volume with net ODA flows of USD 31.5 billion, an increase of 1.3% in real terms from 2012.<\/p>\n

Most of the increase was due to humanitarian aid and support for fighting HIV\/AIDS, OECD noted.<\/p>\n

“By contrast US net bilateral aid to Least Developed Countries fell by 11.7% in real terms to US$8.4 billion due in particular to reduced disbursements to Afghanistan.”<\/p>\n

Net ODA disbursements to sub-Saharan Africa fell by 2.9% to US$8.7 billion.<\/p>\n

A number of non-DAC members also made significant donations in 2013, amounting to a further US$9.34 billion.<\/p>\n

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) saw the largest increase in donations over both groups, due to exceptional measures to address financial and infrastructure needs in Egypt.<\/p>\n

The UAE’s ODA to gross national income (GNI) ratio rose to 1.25%, the largest reported share of any country in 2013.<\/p>\n

World’s biggest donators (US$billions)<\/h3>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
#<\/strong><\/td>\nCountry<\/strong><\/td>\nDonation
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		Change<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nUnited States<\/td>\n31.54<\/td>\n+1.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nUK<\/td>\n17.88<\/td>\n+27.8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nGermany<\/td>\n14.06<\/td>\n+3.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nJapan<\/td>\n11.78<\/td>\n+36.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nFrance<\/td>\n11.37<\/td>\n-9.8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nSweden<\/td>\n5.83<\/td>\n+6.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nNorway<\/td>\n5.58<\/td>\n+16.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nNetherlands<\/td>\n5.43<\/td>\n-6.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nUAE<\/td>\n5.09<\/td>\n+375.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nCanada<\/td>\n4.91<\/td>\n-11.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nAustralia<\/td>\n4.85<\/td>\n-4.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nTurkey<\/td>\n3.27<\/td>\n+29.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nItaly<\/td>\n3.25<\/td>\n+13.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nSwitzerland<\/td>\n3.20<\/td>\n+3.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nDenmark<\/td>\n2.93<\/td>\n+3.8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nBelgium<\/td>\n2.28<\/td>\n-6.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nSpain<\/td>\n2.20<\/td>\n+3.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nKorea<\/td>\n1.74<\/td>\n+4.8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\nFinland<\/td>\n1.43<\/td>\n+3.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nAustria<\/td>\n1.17<\/td>\n+0.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\nIreland<\/td>\n0.82<\/td>\n-1.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\nRussia<\/td>\n0.61<\/td>\n+26.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>\nPortugal<\/td>\n0.48<\/td>\n-20.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>\nPoland<\/td>\n0.47<\/td>\n+8.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\nNew Zealand<\/td>\n0.46<\/td>\n-1.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>\nLuxembourg<\/td>\n0.43<\/td>\n+1.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>\nGreece<\/td>\n0.30<\/td>\n-7.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\nCzech Republic<\/td>\n0.21<\/td>\n-4.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>\nIsrael<\/td>\n0.18<\/td>\n-6.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>\nHungary<\/td>\n0.12<\/td>\n-2.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31<\/td>\nSlovak Republic<\/td>\n0.08<\/td>\n+2.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\nSlovenia<\/td>\n0.06<\/td>\n-0.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33<\/td>\nIceland<\/td>\n0.03<\/td>\n+27.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
34<\/td>\nEstonia<\/td>\n0.03<\/td>\n+22.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
35<\/td>\nLatvia<\/td>\n0.02<\/td>\n+12.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTotal<\/strong><\/td>\n144.05<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

More on donations<\/h3>\n

MTN explains political donations<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Rich countries donate record amount in aid<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Who donated the most money in 2013?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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