“These over-compensated aid bureaucrats demand - and get - a standard of living often far better than that which they could aspire to if they were working… in industry or commerce… At the same time… their achievements and performance are in no way subjected to the same exacting and competitive processes of evaluation that are considered normal in business... Surrounding themselves with the mystifying jargon of their trade, these lords of poverty are the druids of the modern era wielding enormous power that is accountable to no one.”

-Graham Hancock, Lords of Poverty