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Norway
Denmark
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Sweden
Belgium
France
Ireland
Switzerland
Finland
United Kingdom
Germany
Canada
Australia
Spain
New Zealand
Greece
Portugal
Japan
Austria
Italy
United States
0.41
0.41
0.38
0.34
0.34
0.28
0.26
0.25
0.25
0.23
0.21
0.21
0.2
0.2
0.16
0.14
0.61
0.7
0.7% GNI target
0.92
0.84
0.81
0.8
0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0
% of GNI
Figure E5.2 Provisional figures for ODA as a percentage of GNI from
DAC donors in 2003
then fell by 24% in real terms between 1992 and 1997 (Figure E5.1). The last
few years have seen a reversal in the decline, but the increases fall far short of
the additional US$ 50 billion a year needed to reach the Millennium Development
Goals. Only five rich countries (Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Luxembourg
and Sweden) met the UN aid target of 0.7% GNI in 2003 (see Figure
E5.2). Meanwhile the Bush administration has requested more than US$ 565
billion from Congress for military purposes and its ‘war on terror’ (Randel et
al. 2004). (These figures and those in the next section were provided by Judith
Randel and Tony German of Development Initiatives, based on research on
OECD Donor Assistance Committee statistics.)
The volume of aid in 2003 was 3.9% more than in 2002 in real terms. This
follows a 7.2% real terms increase in 2001–2. Provisional figures suggest that
the total from donor countries rose from US$ 58.3 billion in 2002 to US$ 68.5
billion in 2003. Substantial increases from some of the largest (G8) donors
– the US (up by 17%), the UK (12%) and France (10%) – outweighed big falls
in aid from Japan (down 9%) and Italy (17%). In terms of actual amounts the
US contributes most, followed by Japan, France, Germany and the UK; but
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