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Foreign aid

Foreing aid is when one country helps another country through some form of donation. Usually this refers to helping out a country that has a special need caused by poverty, underdevelopment, natural disasters, armed conflicts etc.

The main recievers of foreign aid are developing nations (third world countries), and the main contributors are the industrialized countries.

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