Paul O'Neil in NYT on helping the poor

[Brad DeLong]

>Oh what the hell, let me fire off the first fusillade.
>
>>With more than 1.2 billion of the world's people still living on less
>>than $1 a day, there is no more important challenge than improving
>>living standards and eliminating poverty. The World Bank and other
>>multilateral development banks have a crucial role to play in meeting
>>this challenge. To do so, they need to change their ways of doing
>>business.
>
>Looks like typical reformist, "Green Revolution", stuff.

There's something wrong with helping farmers grow more food?

Brad DeLong