EPTHaiti donations by country - Page 2
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Lycaeus
United States1420 Posts
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Elaeli
Germany62 Posts
On February 08 2010 14:16 DivinO wrote: Surprised to see US on top. So many people yell about the US not giving enough...when our own economy is in shambles..foreign aid isn't so bad. Try sorting that table by "% per person". Doesn't look that good then anymore, even more so if you consider that the USA most likely have lots of political reasons behind offering help. Really, having the default view set as "donated total" is completely misleading/unobjective. Try comparing the land mass or even population numbers of USA and Luxemburg, eh? Of course random tiny Eurasia states can't donate as much as the world's third largest country. And with the other two large countries hating America and having nothing to gain there, there is no surprise at all for me here. | ||
Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On February 08 2010 15:07 Elaeli wrote: Try sorting that table by "% per person". Doesn't look that good then anymore, even more so if you consider that the USA most likely have lots of political reasons behind offering help. Really, having the default view set as "donated total" is completely misleading/unobjective. Try comparing the land mass or even population numbers of USA and Luxemburg, eh? Of course random tiny Eurasia states can't donate as much as the world's third largest country. And with the other two large countries hating America and having nothing to gain there, there is no surprise at all for me here. Uh... the numbers don't represent the full extend of aid. They don't account for private donations (it even says that in the original link), and it's only talking about financial contributions or commitments to give towards certain projects; human capital is not accounted for. Your point is misleading as well. Not to mention the fact that you're making a pissing contest out of disaster relief... | ||
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
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Kyuukyuu
Canada6263 Posts
I donated something like $10 i think? yay | ||
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BlackJack
United States10574 Posts
On February 08 2010 15:07 Elaeli wrote: Try sorting that table by "% per person". Doesn't look that good then anymore, even more so if you consider that the USA most likely have lots of political reasons behind offering help. Really, having the default view set as "donated total" is completely misleading/unobjective. Try comparing the land mass or even population numbers of USA and Luxemburg, eh? Of course random tiny Eurasia states can't donate as much as the world's third largest country. And with the other two large countries hating America and having nothing to gain there, there is no surprise at all for me here. Having the default view set as donated total isn't any more unobjective than writing a news article based on government pledges and trying to compare it to the generosity of a nation. The US gives a larger percent of its GDP to private philathropy than any other country. It gets so old after every disaster that someone has to post a link showing how much each government pledges and the US gets knocked because we prefer to donate privately instead of having our government spend our money for us. | ||
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mmp
United States2130 Posts
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Garnet
Vietnam9047 Posts
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gilligan
Sweden36 Posts
On February 08 2010 15:38 Jibba wrote: Not to mention the fact that you're making a pissing contest out of disaster relief... says the guy whos doing pretty bad | ||
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Warrior Madness
Canada3791 Posts
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haduken
Australia8267 Posts
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PobTheCad
Australia893 Posts
just look at how they refused to cut co2 emissions at copenhagen or how through protectionism stifled exports of rare metals | ||
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meegrean
Thailand7699 Posts
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Eatme
Switzerland3919 Posts
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Maenander
Germany4926 Posts
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article7008860.ece | ||
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Mora
Canada5235 Posts
yay for helping each other. edit - why all the dick wagging? Who cares how much USA contributed on a per capita basis. No one owes Haiti anything. I'd consider everyone on that list pretty damn generous. why can't we be proud that we're moving more and more into a global community that actually supports one another instead of this pissing contest. you people annoy me. | ||
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Navane
Netherlands2757 Posts
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Pika Chu
Romania2510 Posts
Here's a bit more complete list. This isn't perfect, if you want perfect you need to search through the internet for every country, they usually have it announced on the government page. Donations by Governments: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanitarian_response_by_national_governments_to_the_2010_Haiti_earthquake Donations by Non-governmental organizations: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanitarian_response_by_non-governmental_organizations_to_the_2010_Haiti_earthquake There are nations such as Iran, Venezuela or Cuba whom i'm not surprised to not find mentioned in the article that sent a lot of help to Haiti. For example Iran sent medical gear, Venezuela sent a big ship with food and Cuba sent a large medical team. Other countries beside sending the money, also helped by sending lots of food, medicines, tents, water, etc and doctors, emergency teams, constructors, psychologists, etc. And these are hard to quantify in $ value. France for example sent many engineers and USA sent troops to ensure security and stability in the area. | ||
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Gigaudas
Sweden1213 Posts
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Axcell
Netherlands2 Posts
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