En 1969, el ex primer ministro de Canadá, Lester Pearson, recomendó que los países desarrollados dedicaran 0.7% de su PIB a la AOD para 1975, y que posteriormente aumentaran la proporción al 1%.
In 1969, Canada’s former prime minister, Lester Pearson, recommended that developed countries should spend 0.7% of their GDP on ODA by 1975, and that they should eventually increase the proportion to 1%.