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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Denmark's Development aid and Military Expenditures

Denmark is one of the 5 european countries that have managed to give an Official Development Assistance GNI of over the UN set target of 0.7%. In 2009, they managed to get to 0.83, which is the same as € 2,208 million.
Denmark has many humanitarian NGO's, one of the biggest being DanChurchAid, which is funded through private donations, foundations, DANIDA ( Danish International Development Assistance), the UN and the EU. In 2009, DanChurchAid raised 66 million euros, where it spent 52% in Africa, 23% in Asia, 6% in the middle east, 5% in central europe, 8% in eastern europe and central asia, and 6% globally.
The Military is the 5th largest single economy in the Danish Government (the largest being the ministry of social affairs). Its expenditure in 2009 was approx. 2,687 million €.

Olivia Shaw
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