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The U.S. ranks 1st in development aid
According to the OECD, the United States spent $28,665,000,000 on official development assistance in 2009, which makes the United States rank first out of the twenty three countries that comprise the OECD Development Assistance Committee.
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The important thing to remember, though, is that development aid should be measured as a percentage of GDP rather than total spending. This figure suggests that the USA is somewhat generous but I believe the reality to be quite the opposite.
I agree.