Despite its foreign aid to poorer countries Poland remains a major recipient

Poland allocated $37 million as foreign aid to poor countries in 1999 , and that figure will rise substantially this year to an amount not exceeding 0.02% of GDP. Meanwhile, Poland itself remained a recipient of philanthropic handouts from more prosperous nations. Those to whom Poland extended a helping hand last year include Belarus, Ukraine and Bosnia and Hercegovina, receiving $4.1million, $4.8 million and $2.2 million, respectively. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B3).