Russia Has Gone Through Eight Years Of

The Rich Do Not Have To Invest Enough In The Poorest Countries To Make Them Rich; They Need To Invest Enough So That These Countries Can Get Their Foot On The Economic Ladder . . . Economic Development Works. It Can Be Successful. It Tends To Build On Itself. But It Must Get Started.

The World Got Side-tracked From Development Issues During The Post-9/11 Crisis Period.

At The Most Basic Level, The Key To Ending Extreme Poverty Is To Enable The Poorest Of The Poor To Get Their Foot On The Ladder Of Development.

The Longer You Wait, The Less Fun. If You Wait Until The Bitter End, The Whole Economy Can Be Destroyed.

All Of The Incessant Debate About Development Assistance, And Whether The Rich Are Doing Enough To Help The Poor, Actually Concerns Less Than 1% Of Rich World Income. The Effort Required Of The Rich Is Indeed So Slight That To Do Less Is To Announce Brazenly To A Large Part Of The World: 'you Count For Nothing.' We Should Not Be Surprised, Then, If In Later Years The Rich Reap The Whirlwind Of That Heartless Response.