Foreign Aids – A Ready Reckoner
Worst Affected Nations: Indonesia , Sri Lanka , India , Thailand and Maldives
Worst Affected People: Fishermen, tourists and people living in the coastal areas.
Total Aid pledged: Government and multilateral agencies have pledged around
$7 billion in aid while global private donations amount to almost $5 billion.
Countries are listed according to the size of their governmental pledges in cash and services, some of which are spread over several years. Private donations are shown where available: Country/agency/Government Private donations (US$ million)
United States 857 1,480
Australia* 738.9 243
Asian Development Bank* 689.9
Germany 643.3 643.3
European Commission 608.6
Japan 550.5 124
World Bank* 486.7
Britain 445.2 663
Canada 341.1 213
Netherlands 308.8 257
Norway 175.7 95.7
France** 155.5 322
Italy 148 55.7
Spain* 100.8
Sweden 90.4 137
China 83 45.6
Kuwait* 72.6
Denmark 71.2 38.2
Finland 64.3 38
Taiwan 50 100
South Korea 50 47.7
Austria 50 41.4
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Belgium 50 51.9
New Zealand 47 7
Singapore 43.1
Saudi Arabia 30 101
Qatar 25
Ireland 24 98
Switzerland 23.8 110
UAE 20
Portugal 10.6 5
Czech Republic 9.3 8
Luxembourg 6.8
Algeria 2
Bahrain 2
Libya 2
Venezuela 2
Greece 1.3 22.5
Turkey 1.3
Hungary 1.2
Poland 1 1.3
Others*** 1.5 3.2
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TOTAL: 7,085.4 4,952.5
*Figure includes grants and estimated cost to the donor of concessional loans. The World Bank figure includes its own calculation for the grant equivalent of $646.9 million in credit. **Figure includes the grant equivalent of a 70 million euro concessional loan to Sri Lanka . This is part of 300 million euros in credit that France has offered to countries that request it. ***Others include countries pledging less than $1 million including Cyprus , Niger , Slovakia , Senegal , Mali , Bulgaria , the African Union and South Africa .
Source: http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticleSearch.aspx?storyID=166902+08-Aug-2005
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