Report |
December 2013
By: Raj M.
Desai and Homi Kharas
BROOKINGS
(Introduction
and conclusions, for full report follow the link at the end of the text)
INTRODUCTION
In 2010,
foundations, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), religious groups and other
charitable organizations in the United
States contributed $39 billion to
international development causes (Hudson Institute 2012). By comparison, $30
billion in US
official development assistance (ODA) was disbursed during the same year. For
US-based organizations, this represented a doubling of international private,
voluntary development assistance over the past decade.