They did both, but if people don’t have food or medical care you can’t expect them to participate in the economy as much. Here’s an example of what USAID did t

They did both, but if people don’t have food or medical care you can’t expect them to participate in the economy as much. Here’s an example of what USAID did to help develop economies: https://crookedtimber.org/2025/03/08/usaid-my-next-to-last-project/ https://crookedtimber.org/2025/03/08/usaid-my-next-to-last-p... That kind of stuff is really cheap compared to military intervention - consider how much money we spent dealing with piracy after Somalia lost control of its territory – so even if you’re a sociopath who only cares about making stock prices go up, increasing the size of Africa’s economy means a whole lot of new customers and suppliers.