>>No, any aid money would just dry up.
>>Canada is as guilty as the rest of them. We "give" aid money but the string is that xx% (something like 60-70) must be sourced from Canadian companies.
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>>And it also seems to me that the "World Bank" is an 'international institution' with a less-than-sterling record.
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>Yes, I understand. So, perhaps, Tracy's suggestion of eliminating international assistance altoghether, does have some merit - what a sad state of affairs.

Actually, I'd love to see the aid vanish, but for a different reason: it becoming unnecessary.