Instead of hearing more lectures from the IMF about cutting budgets, poor countries need larger budgets to pay for the required investments - roads, power supplies, ports, schools, and health clinics - to jump-start economic growth. The IMF should spend less time telling the poorest of the poor to cut their spending, and more time telling rich countries to give more money to help the poor meet their investment needs.
所有这些问题都是可以解决的，但在很多地方它们都得不到解决。贫穷国家需要听到的不是国际货币基金会关于降低预算的报告，而是更大的预算以完成那些必要的投资--道路建设、电力供应、港口、学校，医疗诊所--来促进经济腾飞。国际货币基金会应该少花一点时间告诉穷人减少开支，而应该多花一点时间告诉富人拿出更多的钱来帮助穷人完成他们的投资需求。