Helping the poor

What country, according to a new study by the Center for Global Development (CGD), does the most to help the poor?

• The Netherlands

The CGD's annual Commitment to Development Index, which ranks the world's 21 richest countries in terms of how they "improve lives in developing countries," has Canada and the U.K at #10, the U.S. at #13, and Japan last.

The BBC has the story, and the results, here. The CGD website is here.