Gov’t hopes to work with private sector to expand foreign aid

Radio Taiwan International
Date: 27 June, 2019
By: Paula Chao

The foreign ministry says it hopes to work with the private sector to expand its foreign aid program.

That was the word from Foreign Ministry official Phoebe Yeh on Thursday.

Yeh said foreign aid made up just 0.051% of Taiwan’s gross national income last year, far lower than Japan’s 0.28% and South Korea’s 0.15%. Yeh also said the standard of Official Development Assistance for member countries of the Organization for Economic and Cooperation Development stands at 0.7%.
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