Neglify said:
^ Give specific examples of countries you think it would be better to see them fail than helped.
I'm not an expert, but I did see a documentary that once laid it out pretty straight:
Americans saw a bunch of half-naked people in an african community and so got together and got everyone to donate clothing to the cause. They got some T-shirt vendors to kick in thousands of unsold shirts from previous games that were no longer relevant.
They got all this together and then set to giving them away in some area or other. They did this for a few years until someone pointed out that while what they were doing was swell, it was driving the local clothing merchants out of business. They interviewed the owner of a garment factory just a few miles away who said people were now just used to waiting for the new clothes to arrive from America rather than supporting his business.
Another chapter talked about how some well meaning types set about donating cattle to people so they could better sustain themselves (I think it was in Somalia). The end result was that the price of cattle in the area tanked. The local cattle herders ended up with half their herds starving to death because of a sudden lack of demand and a sudden scarcity of foraging areas. And a sudden drop in the value of cheese made from these beasts meant the idea that the families could support themselves with these sales dried up. Then came the fact that they could not afford to feed them during the dry season and the local vegetation couldn't support the increase in numbers. And families who missed out on the give away were left at a disadvantage to those who gained. Then there was the problem of easy-come easy-go where the local people who got these free animals were pressured by their friends and neighbors to throw feasts for the rest of the village (yes, eating the cattle that was supposed to sustain the family with milk and cheese) because they now had the means and could not refuse to return the hospitality of a neighbor.
There are lots of examples, but this is long enough. You get the idea.