Donors promised to be more self-effacing in their charity , to " harmonise " their efforts with other benefactors , and " align " them with the priorities of governments they were trying to help .
Only when I quit business and academe to write , and did not have to placate clients or potential benefactors , could I openly say that the conventional wisdom was in error .
Its corruption , inefficiency and instability have put haiti 's foreign benefactors in a difficult bind .
政府的腐败、低效率和不稳定使海地的外国捐助者们处在一个尴尬的境地。
The authorities are not , however , averse to wealthy benefactors purchasing precious cultural items on behalf of the nation .
然而,当局并不反对富有的捐赠者出于国家利益把这些文物买下来。
As mr sokor 's case shows , victims ' thinking often moves faster than their benefactors ' does .
正如索卡尔的案例所表明的,受灾人的想法常常比捐助者还要快。
His administration has been defined by corruption and incompetence , and his tattered " re-election " victory in 2009 forced the country 's benefactors into all manner of embarrassing contortions .