Although It Has Appeared as Though Spending on Foreign Aid

question 43

Multiple Choice

Although it has appeared as though spending on foreign aid has ballooned since the turn of the millennium, compared to the 1980s and 1990s, the poorest countries in the developing world have not been the largest recipients of aid because ______.

• A) developing countries' economies have also grown
• B) aid as a share of recipients' overall economies has not risen
• C) aid has become more targeted for specific countries
• D) military aid is also included in these data