Actually, I hate to break it to you, but the U.S.
is stingy compared to other western nations even when taking into account our private sector because government aid is so pathetically small.
http://www.cgdev.org/section/initiat...omponents/aid/
There is a really good web page with more details on the subject here:
http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Debt/USAid.asp