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To: MacCoy who wrote (34051)	2/15/1999 1:41:00 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 67261

Multi- lateral institutions include the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the various U.N. agencies, such as UNESCO. The U.S. government puts out lots of money through those avenues. Also, Americans account for a lot of the revenue of relief organizations, such as the Red Cross, Catholic Charities, and Save the Children. There are many such charitable organizations, both religious and secular, that affect things. We could be useful in certain instances, but there has been a poor track record with government- to- government aid, because of the prevalence of corruption in the Third World. Besides, there are frequently nationalist sensitivities ( I have already mentioned them in the case of Mexico) that limit our influence. The main thing desirable is for these countries to develop stable public institutions and an aversion to public corruption. To a degree, the Asian Tigers did the first, but neglected the second, and therefore distorted investment and caused the morass they are currently in.