New DELHI (Reuters) – large emerging economies of the
world are increasing their assistance at a time when the
traditional Western donors are struggling to keep
funds for programs of health and development, said the
Monday a foundation of charity.
The countries of the bloc known as the BRICS, formed by Brazil,
Russia, India, China and South Africa, have traditionally been
recipients of assistance, but its rapid economic growth
in the last decade becoming them donors of the
poorest countries in the world.
China and Brazil lead the trend, increasing its spending on
humanitarian aid by more than 20 per cent between 2005 and the
2010, according to the GHS organization.
The budget of India, Russia and South Africa for help
humanitarian increased a 11, 36 and 8 per cent,
respectively, during the same period.
“the BRICS are contributing with new and significant
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resources to the global efforts in health and development”,
said David Gold, co-founder of GHS Initiatives.
“are equally important, establishing new models
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for cooperation that challenge the way we think the
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foreign assistance”, he added.
For example, the commitment made by Brazil in 1996 to
provide universal access to effective HIV treatment
influenced the global practice.
As long, as China has been a leader in the treatment of the
malaria in Africa, while South Africa is a pioneer in the
introduction of molecular diagnosis for tuberculosis.
But experts say that while the countries of the
BRICS are spending more than ever on foreign aid still
they represent a bit compared to what you donate
Western Nations.
In 2010, the five Nations of the BRICS disbursed a
total of 6.4 billion dollars in foreign aid, said the
Group. In comparison, United States spent 31 billion of
the same year$.
GHS Initiatives indicated that while the BRICS face
significant problems of development, are key to
financing the health care among the poorest in the world
due to the production of low-cost drugs, diagnostic and
vaccines for diseases such as HIV/AIDS, polio and tuberculosis.
Leaders of the BRICS are expected to meet in new
Delhi on Thursday, where they will discuss an Indian initiative for
establish a development proposed as an alternative Bank
to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
But, in private, Indian officials have played down the
likely to create a Development Bank of the BRICS
soon, in part because of a disagreement over the Chinese role.
China is, by far, the largest donor group and would expect
lead any joint development effort. It is estimated that
in the 2010 allocated 3.9 billion dollars in assistance.
