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The BBC reports on a Center for Global Development report putting the Netherlands first in helping the poor. The Netherlands leads over other rich nations due to “generous investment and aid as well as measures to curb greenhouse gases”.

Other countries of note:

1. America gives the most aid, but this is the smallest in relation to the country’s economy. It is also noted that US aid is most often contingent on political or economic agreements such as the purchase of US goods.
2. The UK’s positive technology investments in developing countries are outweighed by their sale of weapons to “undemocratic governments”.
3. Japan ranks lowest out of the world’s 21 richest nations, in consideration of factors such as low aid, high import barriers and excluding immigration policy.