Once youâve selected a safe flea powder for your home, spread it around and let it stay in the carpet for at least one hour before vacuuming. If the infestation is really bad, consider keeping it in the carpet for 24 hours.
While the effectiveness of foreign aid remains up for debate, the United States recently has continued to pump around $50 billion in aid to other countries each year. In terms of the absolute value of aid given, the United States is the world's top donor by far.
1 Japan's aid decreased by 18 percent, mainly due to the 12.7 percent depreciation of the yen that occurred from 2000 to 2001. 2  Despite the large decrease, Japan still provided $9.7 billion in aid, almost twice as much as Germany, the next largest donor.ussia, Israel, and Egypt together received almost a quarter of this money. In 1980 and 1990, almost half of U.S. foreign aid went to the Middle East and North Africa. In recent years, however, U.S. aid has been spread much more widely over geographical regions.