How much aid money is spent in donor countries? – get the data

What is development aid? One would be forgiven for thinking it is money transferred from rich countries to poor ones, to help them develop. It is a message repeatedly reinforced by donor governments' top-line figures and high-level statements and thrown about by commentators attacking – or defending – aid budgets.

But nothing in finance or international co-operation is as simple or straightforward as it seems at first glance.

Read this fantastic article:
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/datablog/2014/feb/13/aid-money-spent-donor-countries-get-data