AJ sheffield Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 have you any figures for the amount of foreign aid given out, compared to what these countries bought here ? Surely we dont sell much to Pakistan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricgem2002 Posted January 10, 2012 Author Share Posted January 10, 2012 Surely we dont sell much to Pakistan. thats just one country we give aid to, i was hoping someone had some figures to show it was worth our while giving this aid in return for what we receive in business Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barleycorn Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 thats just one country we give aid to, i was hoping someone had some figures to show it was worth our while giving this aid in return for what we receive in business In 2010 Britain imported £748m of goods from Pakistan and exported £438m giving a total bilateral trade value of £1.186billion. In contrast the total UK expenditure for direct financial aid in 2010/2011 was £1.190 billion... In 2010/11 DFID provided bilateral assistance to 78 countries, of which 37 countries received direct financial aid . These 37 countries received a total of £2,271m in 2010/11 (of which £1,190m was direct financial aid); excluding humanitarian assistance this totalled £2,155. This is equivalent to 85 per cent of DFID bilateral country specific expenditure (excluding humanitarian assistance), down from 91 per cent in 2009/10. ..of which £203million went to Pakistan (table 9 from second to bottom link), this is an increase from £140m in the previous year, primarily down to the flooding experienced in Pakistan. jb http://www.pbtif.co.uk/stats.html https://www.uktradeinfo.com/index.cfm?task=td_statictables&hasFlashPlayer=true http://www.dfid.gov.uk/About-us/How-we-measure-progress/Aid-Statistics/Statistics-on-International-Development-2011/ http://www.dfid.gov.uk/About-us/How-we-measure-progress/Aid-Statistics/Statistics-on-International-Development-2011/SID-2011-Tables-Index/ http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Where-we-work/Asia-South/Pakistan/Pakistan-Floods-Monitor/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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