There is not only a moral incentive to providing this aid (the moral incentive being obvious).

There is also, however, the prospect that after having provided this aid and helping developing and impoverished countries, that these countries will become prosperous and will eventually be able to help us in return - will be able to aid the global community. This will generate greater distribution of wealth and the standard of living for all will go up, if managed and regulated properly.

The money is more than available during the recession. The European Union spent (2006) almost $50 billion in agriculture - more than the required amount for devoloping countries. Obviously, this was used to aid agriculture within the EU, as it should be, but to get an idea of the wealth of the European Union, this is an intersting statistic.

Once we take into consideration the EU, all 27 EU members individually, the United States, Canada and Russia as the main contributors, this money is more than easily made up.

It is not simply a moral obligation but a practical one as well, given the eventual consequences of this investment.