MAKING FOREIGN-AID WORK

Decades ago, donors saw aid as a transfer of resources from rich to po or countries. Today they see it more as a means of improving recipient countries' use of domestic resources. And though aid has had its succ esses in humanitarian relief and family planning, its record is mixed when it comes to promoting economic growth. Many nations in sub-Sahara n Africa are poorer than when they began receiving aid. The solution i s not to end foreign aid, but for donors to know when to say when, cut ting off countries that fail to adopt sound economic policies and rewa rding those that do.