Sometimes we are devils to ourselves. When we will tempt the frailty of our powers, presuming on there changeful potency.
Shakespeare’s Troilus & Cressida
In the following short video Paul Collier delivers some succinct steps for actually doing something with ‘the bottom billion’
http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_collier_shares_4_ways_to_help_the_bottom_billion.html