Offsetting America’s “Bad” PR With Philanthropy?
In a wide-ranging interview with PBS correspondent, Judy Woodruff, Bill and Melinda Gates share their thinking about giving. Since their foundation is increasingly seen as a trend setter in the philanthropic world, how they look at investing their foundation’s resources will impact many others.
One of Mr. Gates’ intriguing assertions is about how the US is seen in the world (especially in light of developments in Iraq) and how important it is for the aid to developing and underdeveloped countries to really impact long entrenched problems in those countries. He said:
Well, there's a real question of whether the U.S. will be viewed positively, in terms of, are we bringing health advances? Are we bringing in aid that's really effective? I think that's very important for the country. And right now, there's somewhat of a deficit of how we're perceived.
The video and audio feeds are here.