Foreign aid &#39;quick and generous&#39;
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The international response to a catastrophic tsunami in Asia has been quick and generous, a senior UN official said yesterday, playing down his earlier comments that wealthy nations were stingy.
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LONDON -- The US government is contributing $35 million of the half-billion dollars that the world's developed nations are donating to the tsunami relief effort, and many Americans believe -- as President Bush put it earlier this week -- that their country is being its typical ''generous, kindhearted" self.
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Washington has just given its ally another chance to receive development aid.
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Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett has used a visit to the West Bank to declare that Britain is boosting its contribution to an international fund for needy Palestinians.
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The Washington-based World Bank says 2004 has been a very good year for developing countries, with their economies growing at their fastest pace in 30 years.
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In a model case of how donations should work, tsunami victims in Thailand get the help they need in an orderly fashion.
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Rarely has the impotence of the international community&#39;s response to the crisis in Sudan&#39;s Darfur province been so exposed as during the past week.
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China's big spending in Africa drew a mixed response at a global aid meeting in Vietnam, where many welcomed the giant's new role on the continent but some voiced disquiet about its intentions.
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BUDAPEST-Prime Minister Paul Martin has won international support in his push to convince other nations to respond faster to avert humanitarian crises.
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For the first time in four years, the donor nations that sustain the Palestinian economy have reason for optimism. For now, however, that optimism won't mean more money for the Palestinians.
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The Bush administration is increasing its initial contribution for relief aid for the Indian Ocean tsunami to $350 million, a tenfold boost from the commitment it made earlier this week.
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Aid will go towards free schooling and the fight against Aids - but aid groups say it is less than was promised two years ago.
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UNITED NATIONS -- In the three weeks since the Indian Ocean tsunami ripped up coastlines in Asia and Africa, the United Nations has credited more than 40 governments, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank with unprecedented pledges of assistance valued at nearly $4 billion.
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Afghanistan has made sufficient steps to improve its economy to qualify for debt relief, the World Bank says.
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Private US donations to aid tsunami victims reportedly passed 337 million dollars and could soon dwarf the 350 million dollars pledged by the federal government, while European governments marshaled additional resources to bolster relief operations.
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These days, capital and goods cross borders with ease. Lant Pritchett says that if the developing worldâs workers could do the same, everyone would benefit.
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Global pledges of aid pass $2 billion, but supply snags keep many survivors waiting.