Donors have often used aid labeled for development to advance their own foreign policy goals or to promote their own exports rather than to achieve the biggest impact on poverty or growth in a recipient country.

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"The key that we're going to have to pursue is a -- is a pathway to get the Muslim world to be able to reject extremism on its own, " Romney said, proposing U.S. policies to promote economic development, better education, gender equity and to help create institutions.

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He noted that governments had a crucial role to play, as they could promote leadership, help develop a sense of ownership of national development goals and empower people to develop their own solutions and capacities, an objective that lies at the heart of the WSIS process.

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