The U.S and the wrold

[Productivity]

“Private international giving by Americans is over three and one-half times that of U.S. government foreign assistance,”

So will you revise the following down to 3.5 instead of 10?

I believe our private aid is considerably more than double our public aid. I think more like 10 times.

ddressing questions concerning American giving abroad, Adelman called the standard measure of U.S. foreign assistance “outdated” and “flawed.” The standard measure of foreign aid, which ranks the United States last in terms of the percentage of its Gross National Income, grossly underestimates the total amount of U.S. foreign assistance, she said.

Ok, so let's assume that total US aid is 4.5 times that of it's public aid (ie. 3.5public aid + 1public aid). That puts the US in the position of giving 0.72 of it's GDP as aid. Great, good number, good level etc. However, it is still not the highest level in teh world, as SFTS had previously asserted. There are still at least five countries giving more in public aid alone, than the US is giving throuh public aid combined with private aid.

The only time the US manages to come top is in absolute numbers, which quite frankly it should. It's the worlds largest economy by a long way. I'm not meaning to bash the US, it's just the original assertion by SFTS is incorrect in anything other than a useless measure.