2005 Commitment to Development Index
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- Rich nations slow in helping poor: index [Taipei Times]
- Ranking the Rich: NZ fifth in helping poor countries [New Zealand's National Business Review]
- Poverty: what counts [Financial Times]
- Australia slips down 'aid rankings' [The Sydney Morning Herald]
- A year after Gleneagles pledges, Britain slips down [Guardian - London]
- Rich nations under fire on pledges to fight poverty [Financial Times - London]
- Foreign aid tops world ranking [Denmark]
- Netherlands 'does most for poor' [BBC News - UK]
- Swiss development aid fails to make big impact [Swissinfo - Switzerland]
- Japan ranks worst in contribution to developing world [Mainichi Daily News-Japan]
- British policy let down by arms sales [The Independent - UK]
- Canada earns low grade for belching pollution [CanWest News Service - Canada]
- Dutch, Danes and Swedes do most for world's poor [EUobserver.com]
- Australia boosts aid to its neighbors [CSM]
- U.S. Aid Hits Record High -- Fueled by Iraq
- New from the Commitment to Development Index
- And Now: Transformational Diplomacy
- Measuring Development (Wash Post-Editorial)
- CDI Maps
- Tsunami aid slow to reach Aceh
- Denmark leads rich nations in spreading wealth
- Sharing the Wealth, or Not
- Australia a good global citizen
- UK and US do better on helping developing world
- Denmark tops list of those helping poor nations; Japan last
- Rich world policies to help poor improve - study
- U.S. Ranks 12th Among Richest Nations for Foreign Aid
- When The Rich Talk Aid, The Poor Don't always Get It (International Herald Tribune)
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David Roodman
08/29/2005
The Commitment to Development Index (CDI) of the Center for Global Development ranks 21 of the world’s richest countries by evaluating their stance on seven domains of government policy to determine how those policies affect developing countries. This brief summarizes the components and results of the 2005 edition of the CDI.