The argument should instead be focused on how to get the most effective results out of aid, both for the recipients and for a donor country’s tax-payers. Aid, I believe, is best focused on infrastructure – the bridges, roads, Internet cables, and power stations that will help our economies to grow and allow us to trade more easily with each other.
相反，焦点应集中在怎样使援助发挥最大的效果，既解决受助者的燃眉之急，也无愧于捐助国纳税人的付出。我认为，基础设施是援助的最佳领域，包括桥梁、道路、网络电缆和发电站，这些设施在推动经济发展的同时，会让我们的相互贸易更加轻松。与此相应的应当是对健康和教育等发展“软件”的关注。如果援助能在满足基本治理条件的同时投向这些关键领域，推动非洲发展的可能性将会大得多。