Nice graphics, but some parts of Ashley’s graphic are debatable or downright wrong. The United States is the most generous country in the world if you count private sector aid in addition to official aid– and why wouldn’t you? In fact, the United States is the only country in the OECD where private philanthropy exceeds official aid, according to the Index of Global Philanthropy: http://www.hudson.org/files/documents/2010_IGP_Exec_Summary.pdf

Poverty rates are usually based on mean income, and are inherently misleading when comparing poverty between two countries. The average child living in “poverty” in the United States is objectively better off than most children in many developing countries.