[afro-nets] US development assistance is now 80% private

[Claudio Schuftan <claudio@hcmc.netnam.vn>]

US development assistance is now 80% private
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From: Ted Greiner <tedgreiner@yahoo.com>

"In the 1970s, 70 percent of resource flows from the United
States to the developing world were from official development
assistance and 30 percent were private. Today, 80 percent of re-
source flows from the United States to the developing world are
private and 20 percent are public."

Source: http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_partnerships/gda/

NB. "Private" is not just companies; it includes NGOs and foun-
dations like Gates.