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The European Union accumulated a higher portion of GDP as a form of foreign aid than any other economic union. [ 3 ] The United States is a small contributor relative to GNI (0.18% 2016 [ 4 ] ) but is the largest single DAC donor of ODA in 2019 (US$34.6 billion), followed by Germany (0.6% GNI, US$23.8 billion), the United Kingdom (0.7%, US$19.4 ...
Other Official Flows (OOF): Transactions by the official sector with countries on the List of Aid Recipients which do not meet the conditions for eligibility as Official Development Assistance or Official Aid, either because they are not primarily aimed at development, or because they have a grant element of less than 25 percent.
A map of official development assistance distribution in 2005. The distribution of high energy biscuits and medical supplies in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo by UNICEF, 2008. The DR Congo was the second highest recipient of international aid in 2011, receiving US $5.532 billion. [1]
Only aid to countries on the DAC List of ODA Recipients counts as ODA. Initially it included most developing countries. After the fall of Communism in Europe in the early 1990s, the Eastern European countries and the Soviet Union, which had formerly been donors of aid, [24] became aid recipients, albeit wealthier ones than most developing ...
The map was approved by the European Commission in December 2006 and will run from 2007 until 2013. Under new EU guidelines, the proportion of the UK population covered by Assisted Areas has been reduced from 30.9% in the period from 2000 to 2006, to 23.9%. [ 3 ]
The UK and Brunei have a long-standing and strong bilateral relationship, particularly on defense co-operation, trade and education. The UK continues to play a strong role in developing Brunei's oil and gas sector, and the Brunei Investment Agency is a significant investor in the UK, with their largest overseas operations in the City of London.
[8] [9] The boundaries defined in the Order have been used to analyse disruption at UK ports. [10] In 2014, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office published a map showing the differences between the boundaries described by the Exclusive Economic Zone Order 2013 and the boundaries described by the Continental Shelf (Designation of Areas) Order 2013 ...
In 2021, the UK government cut its overseas aid budget from 0.7% to 0.5% of Gross National Income [40] despite UK legislation against such a move. [ 41 ] [ 42 ] These cuts, amounting to GBP 4 billion, [ 43 ] reduced funding for humanitarian intervention by 44% [ 44 ] in places like Yemen and Syria . [ 43 ]