Qatari foreign aid

<a href="/facts/Qatar/K4EkNXJE">Qatar</a>’s <a href="/facts/International_aid/L5WH5WPM">international aid</a> program has expanded dramatically since the beginning of 2010, and focuses heavily on the <a href="/facts/Arab_world/F8Jouq98">Arab world</a>, most notably in the humanitarian crises in <a href="/facts/Syria/7pDXGzq8">Syria</a> and <a href="/facts/Gaza_Strip/GodcCxlV">Gaza</a>.
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) estimates, based on Qatar´s Foreign Aid Report 2013, that USD 1.3 billion of Qatar's foreign aid can be considered as Official Development Assistance (ODA). According to the <a href="/facts/UN/fgXLnmgT">UN</a> <a href="/facts/OCHA/lf3Eldbe">OCHA</a>’s Financial Tracking Service, Qatar’s international aid increased from less than $10 million annually in the pre-<a href="/facts/Arab_Spring/IJrjLoll">Arab Spring</a> period to the hundreds of millions following the event.
For example in 2012, according to the <a href="/facts/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Qatar)/XegkWhC3">Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs</a>, the country donated more than QAR3 billion (or c. £524 million) through both governmental and non-governmental aid to nearly 100 countries across the globe.
Qatari leadership has since pledged publicly to reduce the suffering of victims and to achieve and support global partnerships for the achievement of foreign countries’ <a href="/facts/Millennium_Development_Goals/Kyj35oL1">Millennium Development Goals</a>. The state is currently engaged in investments in a wide range of <a href="/facts/Humanitarian_aid/KKYF2X7X">humanitarian</a> and developmental sectors.

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Qatari foreign aid