American Generosity:
A Review of
U.S. International Giving
Dr. Carol C. Adelman
Director, Center for Science in Public Policy
Hudson Institute
202-974-2434
carola@hudsondc.org
All Global Private Flows
Exceed Public Flows
Total Disbursement from DAC Member Countries
and Multinational Agencies to Aid Recipients,
1990-2003
$US (billions)
300
250
PRIVATE FLOWS
200
150
OFFICIAL
DEVELOPMENT
FINANCE (ODF)
100
50
0
90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03
Year
Source: OECD
U.S. International Private Giving
Exceeds U.S. Government Aid
Estimated U.S. International Assistance to Developing
Countries, 2000
$US
billions
U.S. Official Development Assistance
Percent
of Total
9.9
17%
All Other Government Assistance
12.7
22%
Total U.S. Private Assistance
Foundations
Corporations
PVOs (including volunteer time)
Universities & Colleges
Religious Congregations
Individual Remittances
35.1
3.0
2.8
6.6
1.3
3.4
18.0
61%
Total U.S. International Assistance
57.7
100%
Source: U.S. Government and Private Sources
U.S. Government International Flows, 2000
Official development assistance
Other government assistance
$9.9 billion
$12.7 billion
_____________________________ _USAID____________________________________________
Operations
Development Assistance
Child survival, Humanitarian
Disaster relief, food aid
Israel
Newly Independent States
Eastern Europe and Baltic States
__________________________State Department______________________________________
Refugees, narcotics
Asia Foundation
International organizations Peacekeeping
International organizations
Operations
Broadcasting (Voice of America, Radio Marti)
Educational and cultural exchanges
National Endowment for Democracy
_________________________Defense Department_______________________________________
Humanitarian
Peacekeeping development
Antiterrorism, nonproliferation
Military education and training
Foreign military loans
__________________________ Other Agencies__________________________________________
Peace Corps
U.S. Trade and Development Agency
Multilateral institutions
Security assistance (Egypt and others)
Source: U.S. Office of Management and Budget 2002
Export-Import Bank
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Inter-American Foundation
Comparison of Flows by Type and
Selected Countries in 2003
Total DAC France
Germany
Italy
Japan
Nether
lands
Norway
Sweden
United
Kingdom
United
States
NET
DISBURSEMENTS
(in $ millions)
Official Development
Assistance
69 029
7 253
6 784
2433
8 880
3 981
2 042
2 400
6 282
16254
Other Official Flows
-1 127
2 806
-3564
-285
-2149
119
0
-15
50
1068
Grants by Private
Voluntary Agencies
10 162
-
1008
27
335
300
-
23
389
6326
Private Flows at
Market Terms
30 481
-3123
-519
2044
-731
7766
1264
-1153
-1016
14147
108 545
6936
3709
4218
6335
12167
3306
1255
5705
37795
0.39
0.39
0.16
0.29
0.14
2.44
1.49
0.42
0.31
0.34
Total Resource
Flows (long-term)
Total Resource Flows
as a % of GNI
Source: OECD
U.S. Total Economic Engagement
2003 = $112.6 Billion
Private Capital Flow s to
the Developing World
(FDI and Net Cap Mkts)
45%
Official Developm ent
Assistance (Part 1)
14%
Other Country
Assistance
(Israel, Russia, etc.)
(Part II)
1%
Foundations
2%
Corp Foundation Giving
Abroad/US Corp Giving
Abroad
1%
NGO Grants Abroad
3%
Religious organizations
7%
Rem ittances from to
Developing Countries**
25%
Source: USAID
Universities and
Colleges Foreign
Student Scholarships*
2%
Selected Donors Net Official
Development Assistance, 1999 - 2003
1999
2000
Percent
of GNI
2001
2002
2003
Percent
of GNI
5 639*
4 105
.32
4 198
5 486
7 253
0.41
Germany
5 515
5 030
.27
4 990
5 324
6 784
0.28
Italy
1 806
1 376
.13
1 627
2 332
2 433
0.17
12 163
13 508
.28
9 847
9 283
8 880
0.20
Netherlands
3 134
3 135
.84
3 172
3 338
3 981
0.80
Norway
1 370
1 264
.76
1 346
1 696
2 042
0.92
Sweden
1 630
1 799
.80
1 666
2 012
2 400
0.79
United Kingdom
3 426
4 501
.24
4 579
4 924
6 282
0.34
United States
9 145
9 955
.10
11 429
13 290
16 254
0.15
45.1
0.45
60.1
0.55
53 749.0
53 749
69 029.0
0.25
France
Japan
US with private
giving estimate
(for 2000 and
2003 only)
TOTAL DAC**
53 233
* $millions
**Includes ODA for DAC countries not shown
58 292
0.23
Source: OECD