Bill Gates Angers Many In Peru After Saying Other Countries are More in Need
Microsoft founder Bill Gates recently made a number of people angry when he stated that aid agencies should be concentrating on the poorest countries in the world, not those like Peru, which he said actually has a median income of about $10,000 (adjusting for the price of goods), making it a median-income country.
While Gates was not necessarily incorrect, it did not stop politicians and columnists in Peru from attacking, saying that while Peru may be wealthier than at least half of the countries of the world it still needs help from aid agencies.
Gates made the comments during an interview with Spain’s El País, and stated that the aid agencies should really be looking to help the world’s poorest countries and not those of median income who already have the
