Comparison of Top CEO's incomes (Stingy Americans!)

CNBC | 12/28/2004 | Closing Bell

[pageonetoo]

Gee, they didn't post top actors salaries?!? Hmmm...

...or top media types!

[combat_boots]

Gee. The Germans are generous. 3 people to Sri Lanka should about cover it. /sarc.

[Malesherbes]

Kofi Annan gets $ 293,000 per year tax free, a rent free mansion in Manhattan, free first-class travel on private jets, and lavish expense allowances. How much is he contributing out of his personal funds? Wake up and smell the Kofi.

[snowsislander]

According to the Foreign Operations Appropriations Act of 2002, the Unites States has sent $918 million to South Asia and $298 million to East Asia. The 18 countries that benefited include: East Timor, Sri Lanka and India. What has the rest of the world sent there preemptively?

I am not sure about the rest of the world, but here are the top ten destinations for Japan's Official Development Assistance (ODA) for 2000, 2001, and 2002:

Rank	2000		2001		2002
	Country	Amount	Country	Amount	Country	Amount
1	Indonesia	970.10	Indonesia	860.07	China	828.71
2	Viet Nam	923.68	China	686.13	Indonesia	538.30
3	China	769.19	India	528.87	India	493.64
4	Thailand	635.25	Viet Nam	459.53	Viet Nam	374.74
5	India	368.16	Philippines	298.22	Philippines	318.02
6	Philippines	304.48	Tanzania	260.44	Pakistan	301.12
7	Pakistan	280.36	Pakistan	211.41	Thailand	222.43
8	Tanzania	217.14	Thailand	209.59	Azerbaidjan	141.84
9	Bangladesh	201.62	Sri Lanka	184.72	Bangladesh	122.72
10	Peru	191.68	Peru	156.52	Peru	119.58
	Total above 10	4,861.64	Total above 10	3,855.50	Total above 10	3,461.10
	Bilateral Aid Total	9,640.10	Bilateral Aid Total	7,452.04	Bilateral Aid Total	6,725.91

It looks to me like for the net money distributed to the top 10 recipients, about $3 billion went in 2002 to East or South Asia, with a little bit for Central Asia and a little for South America.

Looking at all projects individually (which you can do here) it appears that for all projects in the area it came to 531,245 million yen, or about 5.2 billion dollars in ODA for the South, East, and South-East Asia. (Note, these are new fundings, whereas the above table is net disbursement.)

However, unlike many countries, Japan's aid generally has a loan component, though the interest rates are very low. (When I say generally, I think it's about 60% of the money going out is in the form of a low-interest loan, the rest being in the form of a grant.)

If you are interested in the flow of funds for 2002 (which lets you break out the netting a bit), you can find them here at the Ministry of Finance.