But it barely seemed to grasp, let alone fix, the ingrained cultural and behavioural problems that help to keep some poor places poor.

ECONOMIST: Bagehot

But attempts to strengthen individual strands unilaterally without foreseeing the unintended consequences, compound the fears that the problems are too complex and intertwined for those in charge to even understand, let alone fix.

FORBES: Unintended Consequences Keep Coming

Yet David Cameron has still to fix a date let alone finalise the text of a long promised speech spelling out his European policy.

BBC: Europe - Why Cameron's speech is proving so hard to write