Humanitarian aid analysis Part 1 – How much is given, and by whom?
admin July 19th, 2010
Total humanitarian aid worldwide fell by 11% to $15.1 billion in 2009 according to a new analysis of the available data by Global Humanitarian Assistance, a monitoring service provided by Development Initiatives. The 2008 total was $16.9 billion, a record high. But 2009’s total was the second highest on record.
Humanitarian aid from donors reporting to the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) has grown massively through the 2000s, from $5.5 billion in 2000 to an estimated $13.3 billion in 2009 – a growth of 142% across the decade.
The DAC represents the OECD countries and speaks for well over 90% of all humanitarian aid. But overall 112 countries gave humanitarian aid in 2009 – many of them being recipients as well as donors.
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