philanthropists and their foundations have increasing influence on decision-making and are setting the global health and agriculture agenda

  Ultra-rich philanthropists and their foundations have increasing influence on decision-making and are setting the global health and agriculture agenda in developing countries, according to a major study (pdf)….

  The study claims many foundations enable rich countries and their corporations to achieve their own ends in developing countries, from setting up public-private partnerships with pharmaceutical companies to promoting certain sorts of corporate farming and the use of biotechnology for health and agriculture.  https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/jan/15/bill-gates-rockefeller-influence-agenda-poor-nations-big-pharma-gm-hunger

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3-27-2017  There is credible evidence that during the Obama years the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) was used to promote abroad policies that remain controversial within American society itself and that serve no clear national security interests. To achieve these ends, USAID has teamed up in some countries with groups funded by financier George Soros….

  While it has done some good work on both fronts, evidence over decades shows that development assistance has a poor record of improving economic growth and development in recipient countries.  Research, including that based on The Heritage Foundation’s annual Index of Economic Freedom, shows that free-market economic policies and a sound rule of law are the most effective and reliable path to improved economic growth and long-term development….Because of this, Heritage has recommended that USAID become more like the Millennium Challenge Corporation whose model demands that aid recipients be held accountable for results and make sustained efforts to combat corruption.²     https://www.heritage.org/gender/report/state-department-and-congress-should-probe-usaid-soros-promotion-radical-agenda