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The US being the wealthiest, strongest and most influential nation, it is worth seeing how their actions or inaction affect other nations. One notable area is US foreign aid.
This web page has the following sub-sections:
  • Governments Cutting Back on Promised Responsibilities
    • Foreign Aid Numbers in Charts and Graphs
    Are numbers the only issue?
    Aid has been a foreign policy tool to aid the donor not the recipient
  • Aid Amounts Dwarfed by Effects of First World Subsidies, Third World Debt, Unequal Trade, etc
    • Almost all rich nations fail this obligation

    Breakdown of aid from all DAC countries

    'World Aid at a Glance, 2004-2005' from the OECD

    Source: Aid at a Glance 2004-2005, OECD Web Site

    Aid and Comfort,
    Index of Global Philanthropy PDF formatted document
    Commitment to Development ranking shows Netherlands first, Japan last, and US thirteenth, out of 21

    — The economics of failure: The real cost of ‘free’ trade', Christian Aid, June 20, 2005

    Aid And Militarism