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Interesting to see traditional right-wing posters touting the generosity of individual Americans in providing aid to other countries. Apparently, they see this as quite admirable. About half the total flows that they wish to ascribe to such generosity is comprised of private remittances, which themselves are dominated by the cash being sent to family back home by illegal immigrants. I wonder how many of them thought of that...
Interesting to see traditional right-wing posters touting the generosity of individual Americans in providing aid to other countries. Apparently, they see this as quite admirable. About half the total flows that they wish to ascribe to such generosity is comprised of private remittances, which themselves are dominated by the cash being sent to family back home by illegal immigrants. I wonder how many of them thought of that...
I hadn't thought about that! I'd really like to get my hands on a private foreign aid flows to developing countries disaggregated by type... It's relatively easy to get this data for governmental ODA data, but private data is a whole different animal.
I agree with you partially, but there are a number of large charities, e.g. Lutheran World Relief, The Red Cross and others that are more than just local entities handing out food baskets at holidays. I certainly agree that there needs to be both private and public "charity".
Fair enough, I acknowledge that. There are a number of major NGOs like the International Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders which do operate at a relatively massive scale, though these are something of a different breed in comparison to most charities (they do often receive some goverment funding, though they are definitely autonomous entities). These organizations have been quite effective and have done tremendous amounts of good, but the point I've been trying to make to those who argue against government foreign aid still stands; not even these organizations have the resources or capacity necessary to deal with the worlds greatest problem issues alone. Governent foreign aid, both direct and through the major Intergovernmental Organizations such as the World Bank, World Health Organization, United Nations Development Program, International Monetary Fund, etc are absolutely vital to combating them as well. Of course, ideally these organizations would work together, which they do. Regardless of which is more effective individually, the two types of aid combined together is even better!
I hadn't thought about that! I'd really like to get my hands on a private foreign aid flows to developing countries disaggregated by type... It's relatively easy to get this data for governmental ODA data, but private data is a whole different animal.
The OECD/DAC on-line databases contain some useful information, but there are privacy concerns related to the presentation of disaggregated data on most private flows, so you don't get nearly the same level of detail as you would for ODA or OOF...
Fair enough, I acknowledge that. There are a number of major NGOs like the International Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders which do operate at a relatively massive scale, though these are something of a different breed in comparison to most charities (they do often receive some goverment funding, though they are definitely autonomous entities). These organizations have been quite effective and have done tremendous amounts of good, but the point I've been trying to make to those who argue against government foreign aid still stands; not even these organizations have the resources or capacity necessary to deal with the worlds greatest problem issues alone. Governent foreign aid, both direct and through the major Intergovernmental Organizations such as the World Bank, World Health Organization, United Nations Development Program, International Monetary Fund, etc are absolutely vital to combating them as well. Of course, ideally these organizations would work together, which they do. Regardless of which is more effective individually, the two types of aid combined together is even better!
Don't forget the role that the Regional Financial Institutions play. The various UN and Bretton Woods IFI's may have more visibility, but the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian and African Development Banks, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and so on have historically played a signficant role and received signficant chunks of what ends up being total US ODA....
Don't forget the role that the Regional Financial Institutions play. The various UN and Bretton Woods IFI's may have more visibility, but the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian and African Development Banks, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and so on have historically played a signficant role and received signficant chunks of what ends up being total US ODA....
Yes, I'm very much aware. I just mentioned the Bretton Woods institutions because they are the ones most people are familiar with.
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