Again, Obama has both the background – with his family ties to Kenya – and a promising policy, to increase America’s foreign assistance to $50 billion by 2012, using the money to stabilize failing states and bring sustainable growth to Africa. (Currently, of all the OECD donor nations, only Greece gives a lower percentage of its gross national income than the United States does.)
如果贫困问题并非为选民关注，那么，外国的贫困问题几乎视而不见也就不足为奇了。同样，奥巴马家族与肯尼亚有渊源，他也就有这一问题的背景，他也有令人鼓舞的规划。他的规划就是到2012年把美国的对外援助增加到五百亿美元，用这笔钱来稳定摇摇欲坠的国家并且带给非洲可持续增长。(目前，在所有经合组织成员中，只有希腊的外援占国民总收入的比例比美国的低。)