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obligation to help the world's poor

Posted on March 20th, 2009 by augustin
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Adam posted at http://charityware.info/ about a radio program re. the moral obligation to help the world's poor;
http://charityware.info/blogs/adam/finding-charities
http://www.theworld.org/node/25208

The poorest should be those we help the most, especially since their poverty is caused by our very own living style (a fact commonly misunderstood and conveniently ignored by the masses).

It would be nice if we could find a way to include some of this material within our material as the social issue angle of our triangulation.
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#1

Posted on March 31st, 2009 by augustin

Twenty-two developed countries below have pledged to work towards each giving 0.7% (a little less than 1%) of their national income in international aid, which would raise the $195 billion. Some countries are slow to meet their pledge.

http://www.poverty.com/internationalaid.html

#2

Posted on March 31st, 2009 by augustin

Since the figures for 2008 are due out in April 2009, here is a backup of the 2007 figures:

Norway             95 cents   0.95  Already reached goal
  Sweden           93 cents  0.93  Already reached goal
  Luxembourg    90 cents   0.90  Already reached goal
  Denmark         81 cents   0.81  Already reached goal
  Netherlands    81 cents   0.81  Already reached goal
  Ireland            54 cents   0.54  Scheduled to reach in 2012
  Austria            49 cents   0.49  Scheduled to reach in 2015
  Belgium           43 cents   0.43  Scheduled to reach in 2010
  Spain              41 cents  0.41  Scheduled to reach in 2012
  Finland           40 cents   0.40  Scheduled to reach in 2010
  France           39 cents    0.39  Scheduled to reach in 2012
  Germany        37 cents   0.37  Scheduled to reach in 2014
  Switzerland     37 cents  0.37  No schedule yet
  United Kingdom 36 cents   0.36  Scheduled to reach in 2013
  Australia         30 cents  0.30  No schedule yet
  Canada           28 cents  0.28  No schedule yet
  New Zealand   27 cents  0.27  No schedule yet
  Italy                19 cents  0.19  Scheduled to reach in 2015
  Portugal         19 cents   0.19  Scheduled to reach in 2015
  Japan             17 cents  0.17  No schedule yet
  Greece           16 cents  0.16  Scheduled to reach in 2015
  United States 16 cents  0.16  No schedule yet