E-5. Aid as Percentage of Gross National Income (GNI)
1.Current Values
0.20%
2.Current Points (out of a perfect score of 100 by 2050)
29 points
Calculation method:
(Current value - minimum value) / (2050 target
value - minimum value) x 100
3. Explanation of Indicator
Approximately 1.1 billion of the world's
6 billion people live in absolute poverty on less
than one dollar per day. For international society
to be able to accomplish sustainable development,
and moreover for Japan to gain the trust of the
peoples of the world, there must be a variety
of tangible and intangible aid. Aid even has something
to do with guaranteeing international security.
For this field, consensus-building is progressing
in international society including the Millennium
Development Goals (eight goals that international
society must reach 2015) presented at the United
Nations Millennium Summit in 2000. We have chosen
"aid as a percentage of the gross national
income" as an indicator that affords comparison
with other countries (the target is 0.7% of GNI).
4.Target for 2050
0.70%
5.Ideal for the Future
0%
6. Rationale for Ideal and Target Values
The United Nations Millennium Development
Goals call for the ODA level (official development
assistance) of the advanced countries including
Japan to be 0.7% of their GNI, and we can consider
this to be the target to be reached by 2050.
There are many schools of thought when it comes
to determining what the ideal should be. JFS would
like to assume that the North-South problem (disparity
between rich and poor countries) would have been
settled and an ideal situation, wherein there
will be no need for aid, and will put the ideal
at 0%. Losing all disparity of wealth between
nations is not realistic, and is not desirable
from the viewpoint of a free competition. However,
by daring to put the ideal at 0%, we would like
to stimulate cooperation with international society
and move toward the ideal of getting rid of the
roots of the problems rather than chronically
making ODA contributions.
7. Source
OECD, Development, Donor Aid Charts