Both the Bush administration and the EU would undoubtedly have preferred less criticism of their trade regimes, which have such adverse effects on developing countries. It would have been helpful for Bush if the World Bank quietly accepted proposals to finance debt relief for the poorest countries by depleting its reserves, thereby making poor countries pay for the poorest by reducing the Bank’s lending capacity.
布什政府和欧盟的贸易体系对发展中国家具有如此不利的影响，他们无疑都希望少一点对他们贸易体系的批评。如果世界银行平静地接受这个提议，即通过耗尽最贫穷国家的储备来为减免他们的债务融资、然后通过减少世界银行的贷款资本让贫穷国家为最贫穷国家付钱，那对布什会大有帮助。但那将会铸成大错，世界银行再一次为了发展中国家的利益拍案而起。