Please watch this video before disputing these claims.

The real cause of global poverty: the World Bank and the IMF.  John Pilger explains why this is the case.  The real way to solve global poverty issues is not sending money to a corrupt government, but to force the World Bank and IMF to forgive all debts.  They should really seice to exist all together.

Pick any third world country who’s in trouble and Google World Bank and IMF.  Pick Mexico for example.

In order to help the poor, check into http://www.kiva.org Kiva helps people make loans to the poor of other countries.  This money goes to the people, rather than a government.  There are no strings attached to the loan, and no interest.  The money comes from people like you and me who want to help out.