This Is Our Greatest Challenge: Learning To

The Rich Do Not Have To Invest Enough In The Poorest Countries To Make Them Rich; They Need To Invest Enough So That These Countries Can Get Their Foot On The Economic Ladder . . . Economic Development Works. It Can Be Successful. It Tends To Build On Itself. But It Must Get Started.

Tax The Rich. End The Wars. Break The Power Of Lobbies In Washington. These Are The Demands Of Occupy Wall Street. They Are Very Important. The Us Corporations Dominate Washington. The Big Oil Companies, Wall Street Banks And The Military-industrial Complex - They Rule This Country And Their Influence And Power Has To Be Broken.

All Of The Incessant Debate About Development Assistance, And Whether The Rich Are Doing Enough To Help The Poor, Actually Concerns Less Than 1% Of Rich World Income. The Effort Required Of The Rich Is Indeed So Slight That To Do Less Is To Announce Brazenly To A Large Part Of The World: 'you Count For Nothing.' We Should Not Be Surprised, Then, If In Later Years The Rich Reap The Whirlwind Of That Heartless Response.

The Russian Drama Began At The End Of 1991, When The Soviet Union Mercifully Ended. Russia And 14 Other New Countries Emerged From The Ruins Of The Soviet Union. Every One Of Those 15 New States Faced A Profound Historical, Economic, Financial, Social And Political Challenge.

Despite A Decade Of Criticism And Budget Cuts, The Specialised Un Agencies Have Far More Expertise And Hands-on Experience Than Any Other Organisations In The World.