Least church-going rich countries give most
"WASHINGTON - Nations where fewer people attend church tend to be more generous in their support for development in poor countries than those where church attendance is much greater, according to the third annual edition of the "Commitment to Development Index (CDI), published this week in Foreign Policy magazine.
The Index, a joint project of Washington-based Foreign Policy and the Center for Global Development (CGD), found that Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden, Australia, and Norway retained their top rankings among wealthy countries for their helpfulness to poor countries from last year. Italy, Ireland, Greece and Japan were the least helpful of the 21 countries ranked by the Index."
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The Index, a joint project of Washington-based Foreign Policy and the Center for Global Development (CGD), found that Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden, Australia, and Norway retained their top rankings among wealthy countries for their helpfulness to poor countries from last year. Italy, Ireland, Greece and Japan were the least helpful of the 21 countries ranked by the Index."
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I went to the source and read the story. What they say about Ireland seems a little odd: "Ireland -- where nearly two-thirds of the population attend church at least once a week".(???) Not to my knowledge. Not these days.
And we're quite high in the OECD figures at
http://www.unaids.org/bangkok2004/GAR2004_html/GAR2004_40_en.gif -- not to mention private/personal donations. Hmmm.
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