World Bank - A strong government and a civil society...

Aid-organizations continue an era of modesty as they celebrate how China was able to solve much of the poverty that existed up to 20 years ago, without too much substantial help from the outside world.
"It can only be done by a national government, helped by the civil society, otherwise our efforts mean nothing," said Mark Malloch Brown, Administrator of the UNDP, the development organization of the United Nations. The international development community has helped to coach China, but we were not in the ring. China fought its own corner. Our aid can only help when there is an effective government, he added.
Brown: "You need political will and consistency. A city like Shanghai shows that it pays off."