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Most countries spend less than 1% of their national income on foreign aid; even small increases could make a big difference.
Even as early as the 1950s, some funding for research into a polio vaccine came from grassroots campaigns and individual Americans giving small donations to find a cure (alongside larger organizations such as the March of Dimes). As I said earlier, pressuring governments in rich countries to increase foreign aid — or voting for political parties that would — is just one way that I can help move money from the top to the bottom of the global income distribution. At the beginning of this article, I highlighted a number of successful aid programs: efforts to eradicate polio, reduce deaths from HIV and malaria, and provide food supplies during famine.
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