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	Development aid -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		It is distinguished from (additional info and facts about humanitarian aid) humanitarian aid as being aimed at alleviating poverty in the long term, rather than alleviating suffering in the short term.
		The term "development aid" is often used to refer specifically to (additional info and facts about Official Development Assistance) Official Development Assistance (ODA), which is aid given by governments on certain concessional terms, usually as simple donations.
		The UN target for development aid is 0.7% of GDP; currently only five countries (with (A constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula; achieved independence from Sweden in 1905) Norway in the lead with 0.92%) achieve this.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/de/development_aid.htm (433 words)

	Map & Graph: Countries by Economy: Economic aid: Donor (per capita)
		ODA is defined as financial assistance that is concessional in character, has the main objective to promote economic development and welfare of the less developed countries (LDCs), and contains a grant element of at least 25%.
		ODA does not even include all government aid, and with private charity data missing, calling this section "Most Generous" (as in the list on the margin) is a travesty.
		Such disputes arise almost exclusively as a reaction to US citizensâ repetitive boasts of superior donations of foreign aid (and it is flaunted as superior), and subsequent disagreements are not simply pot-shots taken by the rest of the world at the US simply for the sake of it; they are a reaction.
	www.nationmaster.com /graph-T/eco_eco_aid_don_cap (828 words)

	The World Factbook 2004 - Notes and Definitions
		This index measures the degree of inequality in the distribution of family income in a country. The index is calculated from the Lorenz curve, in which cumulative family income is plotted against the number of families arranged from the poorest to the richest.
		This entry provides the official value of a country's monetary unit at a given date or over a given period of time, as expressed in units of local currency per US dollar and as determined by international market forces or official fiat.
		In developing countries with weak currencies the exchange rate estimate of GDP in dollars is typically one-fourth to one-half the PPP estimate.
	www.brainyatlas.com /docs/notesanddefs.html (8880 words)

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	www.stormfrontdevelopment.com /blog/archive/2005_02_01_index.htm (8484 words)

	School of Cooperative Individualism / Environmental Updates
		Amount spent on research and development by U.S. drug companies in 1999 = $19 billion
		Amount spent by U.S. government on war in Afghanistan = $2.5 billion and climbing
		Amount of official development assistance provided to India, per person, in 1996 = $2 (versus $423 to Israel)
	www.cooperativeindividualism.org /worldwatch_updates.html (535 words)

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