Who is really seriously helping Ukraine? According to data from the Kiel Institute, Poland is the most generous donor.
Data on aid to Ukraine was shared on Twitter by Richard E. Baldwin of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva.
As we can see from the scientist’s graph, it is Poland that bears the highest cost of helping our neighbor to repel the Russian invasion in relation to GDP.
The data comes from a report by the Kiel Institute, which was analyzed by Martin Wolf in an article for the Financial Times.
Disturbing information about how limited support for Ukraine really is, especially from Europe. In particular, it notes that the US’s commitments so far exceed those of EU members
– informs the author.
Costs borne by Poland
He then draws attention to the involvement of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Taking into account bilateral obligations plus the cost of living for refugees as a percentage of gross domestic product, Eastern European countries (Poland, Latvia, the Czech Republic, Lithuania and Slovakia) have been much more generous
Martin Wolf writes.
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