> Getting a ton of money from an outside source dumped into a region will pretty much always improve things for people there. That hardly seems worth analyzing.

> Getting a ton of money from an outside source dumped into a region will pretty much always improve things for people there. That hardly seems worth analyzing. Does it not? Your statement is completely wrong so it may well be worth analysing. Google "Dutch Disease" for an example. Check out the "McCrone Report" for ways to avoid this happening.