Appendix 6

Human priorities in bilateral aid^a

	ODA (US$ millions)					ODA as % of GNP			Aid social allocation ratio		Social priority ratio		Aid human expenditure ratio			Percentage of total ODA for human priorities
Country		1990			1990		1988/ 89					1988/ 89			1988/ 89			1988/ 89
Norway			1,207	1.17				27.2		72.3				0.230			19.7
Finland			846	0.64				38.0		41.4				0.100			15.7
Denmark			1,171	0.93				19.2		55.4				0.099			10.6
Netherlands			2,580	0.93				21.1		44.5				0.087			9.4
Sweden			2,007	0.90				17.0		41.5				0.064			7.1
Switzerland			750	0.31				35.8		50.6				0.056			18.1
Canada			2,470	0.44				23.8		45.9				0.048			10.9
Italy			3,395	0.32				18.0		47.3				0.027			8.5
United Kingdom			2,639	0.27				13.4		65.8				0.024			8.8
France			6,277	0.52				11.0		35.9				0.021			4.0
Austria			389	0.25				13.4		60.6				0.020			8.1
United States			10,166	0.19				16.4		50.4				0.016			8.3
Germany			6,320	0.42				8.9		21.4				0.008			1.9
Japan			9,054	0.31				10.7		25.5				0.008			2.7
Australia			955	0.34				6.4		31.4				0.007			2.0
Total 15 DAC countries			50,226	0.35				14.8		43.7				0.023			6.5

a. Human priorities include basic education, primary health care, safe drinking water, adequate sanitation, family planning, and nutrition programmes.

Source: UNDP. Human Development Report 1992, p43. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Oxford University Press.

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