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Foreign aid, international aid or development assistance is when one country helps another country through some form of donation. Usually this refers to helping out a country that has a special need caused by poverty, underdevelopment, natural disasters, armed conflicts, etc. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... OECD Statistics on Public Foreign Aid by country Development aid (also development assistance, international aid, overseas aid or foreign aid) is aid given by developed countries to support economic development in developing countries. ... A country, a land, is a geographical area that connotes an independent political entity, with its own government, administration, laws, often a constitution, police, military, tax rules, and population, who are one anothers countrymen. ... A donation is a gift to a fund or cause, usually for charitable reasons. ... Underdevelopment is the state of an organism or of an organisation (e. ... A natural disaster is the consequence or effect of a hazardous event, occurring when human activities and natural phenomenon (a physical event, such as a volcanic eruption, earthquake, landslide etc. ... For other uses of War, see War (disambiguation). ...

The main receivers of foreign aid are developing nations (third world countries), and the main contributors are the industrialized countries. A developing country is a country with low average income compared to the world average. ... For the Jamaican reggae band, see Third World (band). ... A developed country is a country that is technologically advanced and that enjoys a relatively high standard of living. ...

The European Union is the world's largest contributor of foreign aid in absolute terms with $37.13 billion in 2003, figure that can be compared with the $16.25 billion of the United States.

External links

• EuropAid Co-operation Office
• The US and Foreign Aid Assistance
• USAid.gov Overview of US Aid Spending
• "The Politics of Aid: 'The Hand That Gives, Rules'"
• "Foreign Aid: An Introductory Overview of U.S. Programs and Policy", CRS Report for Congress, April 2004