Originally Posted by Cindi
we give more money than any other country in the world to the countries who need.
Who gives official aid?
At a UN conference in 1970, the industrialised countries agreed to give 0.7 per cent of their income (GNI) in aid to the poorer countries. Only five countries have reached this target (Norway, Denmark, Sweden, the
Netherlands and, more recently, Luxembourg).
Denmark gives the highest proportion of its GNI in aid with 1 per cent. The United States gives the lowest with 0.1 per cent. The UK gives less than 0.3 per cent, although in 2002 it pledged to reach 0.4 per cent by the
year 2006 (adding over £1 billion to the aid budget).
We're not doing great over here either.