ODA (Official Development Assistance)

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BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>ODA (Official Development Assistance)</B></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="450" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="ROWS" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="162"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="162" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="-1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="-1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="141"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="141" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="121"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="121" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="162"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="162" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="-1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="-1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="141"><div> <A HREF="#notes" TITLE="ODA (Official Development Assistance)"><FONT COLOR="#0033FF"><B>Links & Notes</B></FONT></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#DDDDDD><NOBR><div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The State"><FONT COLOR="#003399"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c899330000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">More State</B></FONT></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="575" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1172 WIDTH="569"><div> <B>2003 ODA in Percent of GNP(</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New" ><B>source </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0033FF" FACE="Courier New" ><A HREF="https://www.oecd.org/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="https://www.oecd.org/"><FONT COLOR="#0033FF"><B>OECD Web site</B></FONT></A></FONT><B>)</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="7d5eec550.png" border=0 width="492" height="597" ALT="Microsoft Excel Chart" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800f00099ff00.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Links & Notes</B><B> <A NAME="notes"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="https://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Debt/USAid.asp" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="https://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated"><FONT COLOR="#0033FF"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ff330000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Global Issues</B></FONT></A></div> <div> <A HREF="https://www.oecd.org/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="https://www.oecd.org/"><FONT COLOR="#0033FF"><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ff330000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">OECD</B></FONT></A></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New" ><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">01/31/05 </FONT>the Saudis are revealed to be extremely generous indeed: <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New" > 112% more generous than second place Swedes, 134% more than 3rd place Dutch, 154% more than fourth place Norwegians, 194% more generous than 5th place Australians, and so on to a staggering 1,421% more generous than 11th place French, and 1,617% more than 12th place Americans. </FONT></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">01/03/05 <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0033FF" FACE="Courier New" >The United States was</FONT> criticized for offering little aid in the immediate aftermath of the Dec. 26 cataclysm. It has since announced it is providing $350 million.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">12/28/04 The United States pledged an additional $20 million in aid today as Secretary of State Colin L. Powell indignantly rejected any suggestion that the American response to the Asian earthquake and tsunami catastrophe had been insufficient. </div> <div> "The United States is not stingy," <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0033FF" FACE="Courier New" ><A HREF="https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/28/politics/28cnd-aid.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/28/politi"><FONT COLOR="#0033FF">Mr. Powell said</FONT></A></FONT>..........</div> <div> <I><B>For</B></I><B> reference</B>:</div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ff330000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Rupert Murdoch</I><A HREF="https://www.counterpunch.org/cockburn12252004.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="https://www.counterpunch.org/cockburn1225"><FONT COLOR="#0033FF"><I> </I></FONT></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New" ><I>is spending $44 million for a triplex at 834 Fifth Avenue with 20 rooms and a monthly maintenance of $21,469.07) </I></FONT></div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Aid for Tsunami victims $35 million (Over 100,000 have died and hundreds of thousands more are homeless and weakened) </I></div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Bush Inaugural $45 million </I></div> <div> <I><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Cost for one day of Iraq war $177 million (</I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0033FF" FACE="Courier New" ><A HREF="https://www.rense.com/general61/ccorp.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="https://www.rense.com/general61/ccorp.htm"><FONT COLOR="#0033FF"><I>Over 100,000 civilians</I></FONT></A></FONT><I> have died since the beginning of the US invasion)</I></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">February 2002, “[U.S. Senator Patrick] Leahy noted that <B>two-thirds of US government aid goes to only two countries: Israel and Egypt.</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div>   <script type="text/javascript"> _qoptions={ qacct:"p-basisC2e0drco" }; </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://edge.quantserve.com/quant.js"></script> <noscript> <img src="https://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-basisC2e0drco.gif" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt="Quantcast"/> </noscript>   </div> <div>  <script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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