Dancing with despots

DESPITE all the aid, investment and remittances that flow from richer economies to poorer ones, too much capital sloshes right back. That is one big reason why parts of Africa and Central Asia, for example, remain chronically poor, even—indeed, especially—where abundant natural resources could in theory be used to finance roads, schools and local enterprise.

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　"DESPITE all the aid, investment and remittances that flow from richer economies to poorer ones, too much capital sloshes right back. That is one big reason why parts of Africa and Central Asia, for example, remain chronically poor..... Too frequently it is shovelled abroad by political leaders"