Development aid takes money from the poor in rich…

Aid makes itself superfluous if it is working well. Good aid takes care to provide functioning structures and good training that enables the recipient…

— Paul Kagame

Charity gives itself rich; covetousness hoards itself poor

— German Proverb

A nation as such does not give aid to another nation. More precisely, the common citizens of our country, through their taxes, give to…

— Michael Parenti

Climate change is a huge problem, an almost insoluble problem, for two reasons. One is the habits of the West in terms of consumption.…

— Bill McKibben

Aid is the process by which the poor in rich countries subsidize the rich in poor countries.

— Peter Thomas Bauer

The great question for our time is, how to make sure that the continuing scientific revolution brings benefits to everybody rather than widening the…

— Freeman Dyson

Foreign aid goes from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.

— Rand Paul

Rich countries want unfettered access to poor countries' markets, which are often heavily protected by tariffs, but they don't want to give up all…

— Daniel Altman

Rich countries have 'kicked away the ladder' by forcing free-market, free-trade policies on poor countries. Already established countries do not want more competitors emerging…

— Ha-Joon Chang

“Nobody in rich countries wants to face responsibility for the lives of people in poor countries. They just want cheap groceries.”

— Greg Baxter

Climate change hype has grave real world consequences. It gets rich countries to adopt silly policies and to impose devastating eco-imperialism on poor countries.…

— Leon Louw

Rich countries have been sending aid to poor countries for the last 60 years. And, by and large, this has failed.

— Iqbal Quadir

Foreign aid is taking money from the poor people of a rich country and giving it to the rich people of a poor country.

— Ron Paul

Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries

— Douglas Casey

“The basic reason why poor countries are poor is that they lack the technological capital that rich countries have, which makes output per worker…

— Arthur R. Kroeber