Foreign Aid
The Toronto Star recently reported that a poll showed that Americans think that about 22 % of their GDP is used for foreign aid.
Correct answer? 0.16%
I fear that Canadians might have a similar response. In case you are curious, we give about 0.3% of our GDP for aid. We have plans to make it 0.45% by 2015 but do not plan to try to get it to 0.7% like many in the international community.
On the brighter side, there are less impoverished African nations from which corporations routinely, and richly, harvest that have to pay back debt. I have to read more about it, but it does seem like quite a good thing. Maybe it is as if we will still let them be down, but at least we won't be kicking them (as hard?)
Correct answer? 0.16%
I fear that Canadians might have a similar response. In case you are curious, we give about 0.3% of our GDP for aid. We have plans to make it 0.45% by 2015 but do not plan to try to get it to 0.7% like many in the international community.
On the brighter side, there are less impoverished African nations from which corporations routinely, and richly, harvest that have to pay back debt. I have to read more about it, but it does seem like quite a good thing. Maybe it is as if we will still let them be down, but at least we won't be kicking them (as hard?)
posted by That which is called Darren at 12:26 AM
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