Foreign Aid Around the World

(F FOREIGN AID AROUND THE WORLD SINCE WWII THE UNITED STATES HAS LED IN DISBURSEMENTS OF FOREIGN AID ALMOST EVERY YEAR. IN 2012, THE U.S. SENT $37.7 BILLION DOLLARS OVERSEAS FOR FOREIGN AID A FEW REASONS NATIONAL COMMERCIAL HUMANITARIAN SECURITY INTERESTS CONCERNS LESS SUFFERING MAKES A BETTER WORLD COUNTER-TERRORISM THINK OF IT AS FOCUS SINCE 2001 AN INVESTMENT WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIVES? PEACE & SECURITY INVESTING GOVERNING JUSTLY & DEMOCRATICALLY IN PEOPLE $10.6 $10.5 $2.6 BILLION BILLION BILLION Specific areas include: Specific areas include: Specific areas include: Counter-Terrorism, Stabilization/Security, Sector Reform, and Health, Education Rule of Law & Human Rights, and Social Services Civil Society, and Good Governance Counter-narcotics PROMOTING ECONOMIC GROWTH HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE $4.4 BILLION $4.1 BILLION OF THE BUDGET OF THE BUDGET Specific areas include: Specific areas include: Agriculture, Environment, Protection, Assistance & Solutions, and Infrastructure Disaster Readiness, and Migration Management WHO ARE THE TOP 5 RECIPIENTS OF US FOREIGN AID? in 2012 ISRAEL AFGHANISTAN O GDP: $258.2 BILLION O GDP: $18.03 BILLION RECEIVES RECEIVES $3.075 BILLION $2.327 BILLION • $388 o $78 PER CAPITA. PER CAPITA PAKISTAN IRAQ O GDP: $210.3 BILLION O GDP: $281.2 BILLION RECEIVES- RECEIVES $2.102 BILLION $1.683 BILLION o $12 o $52 PER CAPITA PER CAPITA EGYPT O GDP: $257.3 BILLION O PER CAPITA How much aid the country is receiving per person. RECEIVES $1.557 BILLION O GDP - GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT the monetary value of all the finished goods and services produced within a country's border, o $19 generally per year. PER CAPITA CAN WE AFFORD TO BE SO GENEROUS? $37 BILLION DOLLARS IS 1% OF TOTAL U.S. BUDGET. TRANSPORTATION 3% U.S. BUDGET OUTLAYS, 2012. VETERANS 3% FOREIGN AID 1% EDUCATION & TRAINING 4% OTHER 6% 20% SOCIAL SECURITY NET INTEREST 6% 19% DEFENSE HEALTH 10% 13% MEDICARE 15% INCOME SECURI SOURCE: U.S. HISTORIC BUDGET TABLES, FY 2013. presented by: FINANCEDEGREECENTER.COM http://data.worldbank.org http://usdebtclock.org DEVELOPED BY N NOWSOURCING http://foreignassistance.gov/web/default.aspx http://gbk.eads.usaidallnet.gov/docs/foreign-aid-intro.pdf https://cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook %24