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Hello and welcome to more or less on the BBC World Service with me, Ben Carter. Last month,

US President Donald Trump gave his second address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Some of his comments raised eyebrows.

The United States is the world's largest giver in the world, by far, of foreign aid.

But few give anything to us.

This prompted some loyal listeners to email in with their questions.

Is there an agreed definition of foreign aid? And also, which kind of This prompted some loyal listeners to email in with their questions.

Is there an agreed definition of foreign aid, and also which country is the largest giver per capita?

And... Is foreign aid per capita the best way to measure how generous a country is?

Good questions and plenty to talk about. Before we take a look at the numbers, let's deal with the

definition of foreign aid. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, the OECD,

created a strict definition of aid in the 1960s. They call it ODA, or official development assistance. Dr. Brad

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