Commitment Quote by Ben Bernanke

Aid can work where there is good governance, and usually fails where governments are unable or unwilling to commit aid to improve the lives…

— Lee H. Hamilton

The only really effective means of enabling States to deal with the grave problem of poverty is to provide them with the necessary resources…

— Pope John Paul II

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

— Peter Thomas Bauer

I wish we questioned the aid model as much as we are questioning the capitalism model. Sometimes the most generous thing you can do…

— Dambisa Moyo

Helping people doesn't have to be an unsound financial strategy.

— Melinda Gates

Irresponsibility breeds irresponsibility. The finances of government are so central. You'd think that would be pretty obvious.

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

There is a profound contrast between the effects of foreign aid and of voluntary private investment: foreign aid goes from government to government. It…

— Henry Hazlitt

Government aid programs have been endlessly expanded, and the government has sought to maximize the number of people willing to accept handouts… Roughly half…

— James Bovard

Government 'help' to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is…

— Ayn Rand

“What we call aid money serves only to strengthen the structures that generate poverty. Aid money never reaches those victims who, having lost their…

— Majid Rahnema

A world in which government is burdened by historic debt, philanthropy has limited resources, and the private sector is only interested in its own…

— Simon Mainwaring

What I would say is governments need assistance to run their organisations more efficiently just like businesses do.

— Andrew Forrest