Bauer contended aid mainly enriches the wealthy in poor countries

Evidence

Compare Lal’s formulation to Bauer’s oft-cited claim that aid is an excellent method of transferring money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1828

Categorization

• CANDY: A pithy, quotable aphorism-style line about aid flows that works well in casual conversation.
• XREF: connects to: Conditional aid can leverage policy reform in poor countries — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 1776; Bauer argued foreign aid encouraged state ownership and bureaucratic growth in developing countries — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 1319; Foreign aid has made recipient countries poorer rather than stable. — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 31

Broader Connections

• Bauer argued foreign aid encouraged state ownership and bureaucratic growth in developing countries #expands (0.80) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1319
• Foreign aid has made recipient countries poorer rather than stable. #corroborates (0.72) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 31