To learn more about the aid debate, download some of the conflicting arguments made by two prominent figures: Jeffrey Sachs and William Easterly. See, for example, their “Foreign Aid Face-off” in the Los Angeles Times (latimes.com, May 8, 2006). See also Nicholas Kristof, “Aid: Can It Work?” New York Review of Books, October 5, 2006. After weighing all these arguments, do you feel more or less optimistic about what aid can achieve?