It's not an accident that the U.S. ranks lowest of all major donor countries in the world - that is the share of our income that goes to development aid. Americans will ask whether, because were so generous privately, that makes up the difference. But it doesn't. We still rank far below other countries.
It's the American leadership that has not played the role it should be playing and that leaders in other countries have been playing.
I believe myself that there's a great deal more interest and engagement among Americans than our politicians recognize.
The world got side-tracked from development issues during the post-9/11 crisis period.
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