But there is no global public policy funded by global taxation and based on global democracy.<p>On a national level, I would agree with you that outsized influence of charity vs public policy is a bad sign, even if the results may not be so bad at some point in time.<p>But on a global level, things are very different. Those who distribute public development funds cannot be voted out of office by those who receive or don&#x27;t receive those funds. So charity is all we have. Even public development spending is basically charity as it&#x27;s not based on rights or on democratic participation.