Global Issues 3

"Official development assistance (ODA) is provided by the richest countries to the poorest. Through much of the 1990s ODA levels fell. Since 2002 donors have pledged to increase aid by $20 billion a year in 2006 and to provide more than $100 billion a year by 2010. But new commitments will meet only a fraction of the need." (from the sourse of miniatlas of Millennium Development Goals) Japanese government uses a lot of money for international aid. However, Japanese ways of international aid are often criticized by developped countries. It is clear that the quality of AID is more important than the quantity of AID. Japan should support in effective and maintainable ways in fact.