30 Quotes by Andrew Natsios

Many, many large cities have old, crumbling infrastructure that have got to be dealt with in the nearest future, or they're going to be in serious trouble. They'll be unlivable if they don't do something.

No one in USAID embodied the spirit of compassion and brotherhood that underpins our efforts more than Larry Foley.

Development does not take place in Washington, DC. Development takes place in the rest of the world.

It takes four months to ship food aid and 40 percent of the cost is in the shipping. People cannot eat shipping costs. We have had people die when there are surpluses in the markets.

There are going to be immediate food needs in the region and the best way to move food very quickly is to give cash to WFP to buy within the countries in the region,

The physical evidence of the mess is a reminder every hour of the day that everything is gone, ... restore a sense of hope that they are not being forgotten and not being lost.

You have to make changes to the capacity of governments to manage programs, to write the right laws, to have the rule of law,

There have been problems. ... I think most of them have been dealt with at this point,

Bono and many other very well-intentioned people have really never actually run aid programs and seen what happens,