Foreign Assistance - International Resource Flows and Development Assistance to Developing Countries: Nsiad-91-25fs - Bog - Paperback

Foreign Assistance - International Resource Flows and Development Assistance to Developing Countries: Nsiad-91-25fs

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the total value, composition, and distribution of development assistance provided to developing countries between 1980 and 1988, focusing on the level of U.S. and Japanese assistance. GAO found that: (1) the U.S. share of official development assistance increased from 16.3 percent to 18.3 percent between 1980 and 1988; (2) Japan increased its global official assistance from 10.4 percent to 15 percent; (3) Sub-Saharan Africa received 35 percent of..