[Moonman62]

Once again, if this isn't a new idea then it isn't worthy of a Nobel prize. And somebody had to pull themselves up by the bootstraps in the West, and when I say West, I mean the first world, not the American West.

Perhaps if the world's journalists and political leaders weren't constantly trashing the United States, and instead encouraging the emulation of its success, then there wouldn't be a poverty problem in so much of the world.

[Alter Kaker]

These are loans, not gifts. Recipients still need to pull themselves up by their bootstraps to make interest payments -- and only 2% in Bangladesh have defaulted. These microloans loans start up businesses, spread capitalism and wealth, and benefit everybody (including the lendors!).