Subject:    Rich countries not contributing 0.7% to ODA (3)

 Information about the development aid of developed countries should be =
 available from the webpage of OECD countries:
 http://www.oecd.org/
 On this page, if you look for information according to departments and =
 then look under DAC, you will find such information.
>
 The question of foreign aid is very complex and looking at percentages =
 of GNI given as aid, gives only part of the answers, though it is also =
 important. Equally important should be, how this aid is given, what =
 conditions are made about it use, if it is tied with obligation to buy =
 certain equipment and materials from donor countries, if part of it =
 (some times big part) goes to pay salaries of consultants of donor =
 countries, etc.
>
> According to the OECD/DAC report 2001, 5 countries gave more than 0.7% =
> of GNI as aid - Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Luxemburg and Sweden. =
> Remaining countries and the % of GNI they gave as aid are: Belgium =
> (0.37%), Switzerland (0.34%), Ireland (0.33%), Finland, France and UK =
> (0.32%), Spain (0.30%), Austria (0,29%), Germany (0.27%), New Zeland, =
> Australia & Portugal (0.25%), Japan (0.23%), Canada (0.22%), Greece =
> (0.17%), Italy (0.15%) and USA (0.11%).
>
> At the Monterray conference, all these countries made commitments for =
> increasing the aid. For example, the French said that they will increase
=
> ODA (overseas development aid) to 0.5% of GNI by 2007 and to 0.7% by =
> 2012. Obviously it is easier to make commitments than to keep them. Big =
> meetings usually carry lot of rhetoric.
>
> It also depends on how they calculate it. For example, the Italian NGOs =
> were protesting that from the limited amount of funds kept for aid =
> through NGOs,  no funds were actually given to NGOs in 2003, as most of =
> the funds were used for 'peace-keeping missions'. Thus the military =
> presence in other countries like Bosnia or Iraq, can also be calculated =
> as ODA. With World Bank, IMF and central European Bank asking developed =
> countries for reducing state deficits, one of the first non-productive =
> expenses to be reduced is ODA of developed countries.
>
> It is a big subject!=20

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