By contrast, the US spends just $18 billion, roughly 0.16% of GNP, on development aid. In Europe, by contrast, military spending is roughly 2% of GNP, while development aid is around 0.4% of GNP and on a rising path to reach 0.7% of GNP by 2015.
而美国所提供的发展援助仅180亿美元，约占其GNP的0.16%。相较之下，欧洲的军费约占其GNP的2%，而发展援助的支出却占GNP的约0.4%，并且还继续增加，要在2015年达到GNP的0.7%。