It is precisely because of the success of aid and development that some countries are no longer low-income.
Recent talk of giving recipients a bigger stake in making a success of aid projects letting them "own" them, in the jargon is meaningless unless aid is untied.
The problems in Afghanistan are also manifold, despite the surprising success of aid efforts over the last year and a pronounced recovery in agricultural production in some areas.
"There's been for decades a misplaced emphasis on the volume of money disbursed to poor countries as a measure of the success of aid policies," Easterly said to me.
The Bush administration gave priority to sending forces to Iraq, it blustered about the successes of civilian aid efforts in Afghanistan that were grossly undermanned and underresourced, and it did not react to the growing corruption of Hamid Karzai's government or the major problems created by national caveats and restrictions on the use of allied forces and aid.
Here in Malik Khil, where the chill of winter has crept into the evening air, many of the successes and failures of aid in Afghanistan are on full display.
Following the success of Band Aid, Michael Jackson co-wrote "We are the World" with Lionel Richie for USA for Africa.
Despite the success of emergency aid, long-term recovery has barely begun says the report, which also points to the gap between donations pledged and money received.
Bombay Bicycle Club won the best album award for their fourth LP, So Long, See You Tomorrow, while Bob Geldof and Midge Ure accepted a special anniversary award for the success of Band Aid.
Reid Weingarten, a defense lawyer, said Mr. Brown, who was vice chairman before retiring in March 2000, "did nothing wrong" and was "hugely important to the success of Rite Aid for over 30 years," Mr. Weingarten assailed the credibility of Mr. Grass and other prosecution witnesses who are seeking reductions in their possible prison terms in exchange for testimony.
