Simon van Teutem

1 month ago | ourworldindata.org | Simon van Teutem |Hannah Ritchie

In many countries, a substantial share of aid is spent domestically on hosting refugees, offering student scholarships, and administrative costs. Much of foreign aid is spent on goods that are shipped overseas: food supplies, medicines, or humanitarian assistance in emergency situations.1But a surprising amount of what’s counted or reported as foreign aid is not sent abroad; it’s spent domestically.