The answer is simple. The United States is the only country in the world today which has the economic power and productivity to furnish the needed assistance.

VOA: special.2011.08.04

which advocates the values of tolerance and equality, was designed,in part, to push public acceptance of these economic changes.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

which is a fundamental right contained in the international covenant on economic,social and cultural rights.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

President Obama told people in the nation's largest state, which has been hit especially hard by the economic crisis, that "there will be brighter days ahead."

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

The World Economic Forum also released its Africa Competitiveness Report which said that African competitiveness in global markets was hindered by under-developed infrastructure, healthcare,education and financial institutions.

VOA: standard.2009.06.10

He says the Obama administration's "It's a presumption that these are obstacles to cooperation, which in fact I think China has enough of their own interests and equities in for example the economic situation to cooperate irrespective of what we do on some of these other issues,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.10