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Would someone object to me adding official OECD data from 2009 and 2010? I'll also try to find a working source for the 2007 and 2008 data, currently there's only dead links on the page. I just added the list to Lists of countries and territories, so it's not completely orphaned anymore. Pandhii (talk) 23:27, 7 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest adding per capita amount received

In almost any table comparing nations the comparisons are meaningless unless they are adjusted for population size.

So I suggest adding 'per capita amount received' to the table is very important in order to make the data meaningful.

It would also be nice to see a column showing the recipient nations per capita GDP or GNI. 50.71.210.133 (talk) 21:18, 25 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There seem to be some problems with this page overall. If the source is the Net official development assistance (^[1]), then countries which did not receive development assistance during a time period should either be in a different section or not listed at all. There are inconsistencies on this page. Annual data is not included (Just 2011). It is not a summary of military and development assistance (ODA, OA, OOF), but a particular subset of that. If it is just a copy of the data from the World Bank reference above, it should reflect that. Dpinkus (talk) 23:14, 30 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/DT.ODA.ALLD.CD

Agreed, and also I suggest adding 'aid as a % of recipient government's budget'

For most countries, foreign aid has a relatively trivial impact. It is mainly window-dressing, a way to reward people who donor governments like, to export food surplus, promote exports, feel good, etc. But for some poor countries, mainly but not all in Africa, aid amounts to a significant amount of their total government budget. It would be nice to add a column of "aid as % of recipient govt budget," and to be able to click-sort on each of these columns. Thanks, if anyone can get to it!! Benefac (talk) 06:56, 30 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Israel

It is well known that the UK gives Israel 2 billion a year in aid and even another Wiki states the US gives over three billion (which is a very conservative figure) yet it's completely absent from the World Bank data. If it is not telling the whole truth is the obligation not to use a more reliable source as this one obviously isn't.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_foreign_aid — Preceding unsigned comment added by Duckkayak (talk • contribs) 10:45, 15 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There is a difference between "Official Development Assistance" and foreign aid. ODA recipients are defined as "low and middle income countries based on gross national income (GNI) per capita as published by the World Bank" DAC List of ODA Recipients. Israel does not fit that definition. This article as about ODA. 199.119.119.18 (talk) 20:34, 24 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

In that case, the article should be renamed. It's misleading. HuntClubJoe (talk) 12:18, 4 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, the title of this article mentions foreign aid, not ODA. This article should be renamed and the contents should explain the difference between foreign aid (which includes military assistance) and ODA or provide a link. 77.242.202.133 (talk) 09:44, 5 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Seriously, why is there no Israel here? It is ridiculous and makes me think it's been purposefully omitted

The US government recognizes that Israel receives an exponentially higher amount of foreign aid than any other country with almost 3.1 billion a year plus military weaponry. The UK and Canada also give large amounts to Israel.

Gives or sells? ^[1] While it's true that $38 billion was allotted to Israel as military aid (which mutually benefits the USA in keeping stability in the Middle East), 74% of that ($28.12 billion) they were obligated to spend at U.S. defense companies, putting that money back into the American economy. Essentially, the U.S. gov. gave them what amounted to an international form of "store credit" or a "gift card". — Preceding unsigned comment added by CitationKneaded (talk • contribs) 20:54, 3 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ http://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/15/big-us-military-aid-package-to-israel-has-strings-attached.html

[1] ttp://data.worldbank.org/indicator/DT.ODA.ALLD.CD

[2] ttp://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/15/big-us-military-aid-package-to-israel-has-strings-attached.html

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