Tsunami funds pledged (most recent) by country

	United States	18.9%
	Germany	13.3%
	Japan	10.5%
	France	9.3%
	Australia	9%
	Canada	7.2%
	Netherlands	6.5%
	Norway	3.7%
	Italy	2.9%
	Kuwait	2.1%
	United Kingdom	2%
	Denmark	1.6%
	Sweden	1.5%
	Austria	1.4%
	Finland	1.4%
	China	1.3%
	Taiwan	1.1%
	New Zealand	1%
	Belgium	0.7%
	Saudi Arabia	0.6%

Rank	Countries	Amount
# 1	United States:	$902,000,000.00
# 2	Germany:	$634,000,000.00
# 3	Japan:	$500,000,000.00
# 4	France:	$444,000,000.00
# 5	Australia:	$431,000,000.00
# 6	Canada:	$344,960,000.00
# 7	Netherlands:	$312,000,000.00
# 8	Norway:	$175,300,000.00
# 9	Italy:	$139,000,000.00
# 10	Kuwait:	$100,000,000.00
# 11	United Kingdom:	$96,000,000.00
# 12	Denmark:	$77,000,000.00
# 13	Sweden:	$72,200,000.00
# 14	Austria:	$65,360,000.00
# 15	Finland:	$65,300,000.00
# 16	China:	$63,070,000.00
# 17	Taiwan:	$50,250,000.00
# 18	New Zealand:	$48,000,000.00
# 19	Belgium:	$34,000,000.00
# 20	Saudi Arabia:	$30,000,000.00
# 21	Switzerland:	$29,000,000.00
# 22	Ireland:	$26,120,000.00
# 23	Qatar:	$25,000,000.00
# 24	India:	$23,000,000.00
# 25	United Arab Emirates:	$20,000,000.00
# 26	Greece:	$15,000,000.00
# 27	Portugal:	$13,000,000.00
# 28	Luxembourg:	$11,000,000.00
# 29	Czech Republic:	$9,000,000.00
# 30	Hong Kong:	$6,410,000.00
# 31	Singapore:	$3,100,000.00
= 32	Bahrain:	$2,000,000.00
= 32	Libya:	$2,000,000.00
= 34	Poland:	$1,000,000.00
= 34	Spain:	$1,000,000.00
# 36	Cyprus:	$370,000.00
# 37	Bulgaria:	$140,000.00
	Total:	$4,770,580,000.00
	Weighted average:	$128,934,594.59

DEFINITION: Funds pledged by the governments of developed countries for tsunami relief (as of September 30th 2005). The World Bank has pledged $250 million and the European Union $44 million. There have been significant amounts coming in from the UN and other aid agencies like IMF, UNDP, UNESCO, Red Cross, etc. which are not mentioned here. Private donations and collections from media campaigns are also high in many European countries, but have not been included here.

SOURCE: OECD, Wikipedia, The Australian, BBC, Bloomberg, The Indian Express, CNN and The Reuters

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COMMENTARY

kais ahmed 25th April 2005	Pakistan's name is not on list though it pledged some US$20 million.
Ian Graham Staff Editor 11th April 2005	The Asian Development Bank said on March 18 that there was a shortfall of more than $4 billion dollars between what was promised for rebuilding the countries worst-hit by the December 26 tsunami and what has been delivered. The ADB delivered its post-tsunami analysis at an international meeting of donor countries, regional governments and aid agencies in Manila. The earthquake-propelled waves that slammed coastlines in Asia damaged 700 kilometers (430 miles) of road in India, robbed 44 percent of Indonesia’s Aceh province residents of their livelihoods, and destroyed 100,000 homes and 65 percent of the fishing fleet in Sri Lanka.
Sammy 17th January 2005	Anyone for some "America, bless GOD" bumper stickers? Yes... its true... they do exist! Can anyone say "arrogant"?
caitlin 12th January 2005	Okay, so let's see....the other countries criticize the Unites States for not giving enough money...well...how about the US demands back all the money from other countries that they owe in debt to us! Whenever any disaster of some kind happens, counrties come crawling back to the US for help, but then critisize them for not giving enough...gift horse in the mouth anyone? I say, the US should demand all the debt back that all of the countries owe us...then everyone would shut up.
Brian1625 7th January 2005	But lets get straight on the fundamentals here. Generosity is defined as spontaneously doing good things for others, as demonstrated by the voluntary action cited above. It is sharing of oneself, one's time, one's goods without any consideration of entitlement. That generosity is highly valued in our society, and rightly so. However, there is no such thing as "government generosity" because government has nothing to share that it hasn't first coercively taken from others by taxation. There is no way to consider any government activity as sharing. When President Bush committed $350 million of taxpayer funds to the South Asia crisis, he wasn't demonstrating generosity, but compliance with some perceived "duty." There is nothing virtuous in using other people's money to meet your own needs for satisfaction and popularity.

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