Bill Gates Quotes

When foreign assistance has a clear mission, buy-in from the aid-recipient country, and explicit metrics for implementation, the United States will be able to transition aid-recipient nations into strong trading partners. One of the greatest examples of this successful transition is South Korea.

Not any amount of aid is going to move Africa forward.

Foreign aid projects have pumped billions of dollars into the Afghan economy.

'Dead Aid' is about the inefficacy and the limitations of large-scale aid programs in creating economic growth and reducing poverty in Africa.

In 2005 we have a once in a generation opportunity to deliver a modern Marshall plan for the developing world.

I have dedicated many years to economic study, up to the Ph.D. level, to analyze and understand the inherent weaknesses of aid and why aid policies have consistently failed to deliver on economic growth and poverty alleviation.

My dad's main client was the World Bank, and he spent most of his time traveling to Third World countries. His particular interest lay in the eradication of poverty through development and business.

Humanitarian help will never solve any problems. It is necessary to help us create some kind of economic infrastructure.

India is more of an aid recipient than a provider of aid.

I think a lot of the problem with foreign aid and things like that is you go in, give a bunch of stuff, and then it runs out. It's about helping them learn how to continue to be sustainable and live.

Aid should shift to investment. This will help countries stand on their own.

The test for aid to poor nations is therefore whether it makes them capable of being productive. If it fails to do so, it is likely to make them even poorer in the - not so very - long run.

Foreign aid must be viewed as an investment, not an expense.

We are for aiding our allies by sharing of our material blessings with those nations which share in our fundamental beliefs, but we're against doling out money government to government, creating bureaucracy, if not socialism, all over the world. We set out to help 19 countries. We're helping 107. We've spent 146 billion dollars. With that money, we bought a 2 million dollar yacht for Haile Selassie. We bought dress suits for Greek undertakers, extra wives for Kenya[n] government officials. We bought a thousand TV sets for a place where they have no electricity.

I believe our foreign assistance should be scrutinized, should be debated, and that we should strike the right balance, but in all cases the foreign assistance that we provide around the world should be used to further our national security interests.

Billions of dollars are thrown at African countries.

Developing nations want to become developed nations.

Development does not take place in Washington, DC. Development takes place in the rest of the world.

International lending banks need to focus on areas where private investment doesn't go, such as infrastructure projects, education and poverty relief.

World Bank is a bank that's focused on economic development and poverty alleviation.

It's always a tricky thing, trying to make aid sustainable.

One of the things we have to acknowledge is that if you look at Haiti, many billions of dollars have gone into development aid there that have not been effective.

Of course, aid is only one small part of international development. Some of the greatest benefits to the world's poorest can be achieved through policy changes by developed countries.

If you want to help Africa, you should help them out of poverty, not try to build solar cells and windmills.

I experienced how foreign aid for large-scale vaccination projects helps to save the life of children and thus give a real input to growth and to escaping poverty.