Aren't those numbers *government* contributions?
I would be interested to see the breakdown of "private" contributions by country.
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But it fits nicely with the view that whatever happens with/to/in the US us larger, greater, more serious and more important than whatever happens anywhere else in the world. >>
>>Question - what single nation (combination of government and private donations) contributed the single most amount of $$$ to Haiti relief efforts?
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>Answer : U.S.A
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>Question : which single nation contributed the most per capita?
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>Answer :
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/jan/14/haiti-quake-aid-pledges-country-donations>Didn't do so well there, huh :-}
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