Many Europeans believe that aid agencies like the World Bank will shrivel and die if left to depend on grants for income. But I believe that the problem could easily be solved by, say, giving the World Bank an endowment of rich-country bonds and permitting it to expend the interest.
无可否认，在为穷国提供援助的正确方法上至今还存在激烈的争论，本届八国集团峰会将为这些辩论画上圆满的句号。很多欧洲人认为如果完全依赖各国捐赠，世界银行这样的组织将很快走向枯萎和死亡。但我认为这个问题可以轻而易举地解决，比如允许世界银行持有富国债券，并允许它自由支配由此产生的利息收入。