A few years ago, co-blogger Larry had a post discussing development policy in the context of the South Park "underpants gnomes" episode. Below is the clip where they explain their business model (PG-13, the language is a bit salty).

Along similar lines, I propose what we might call a "Care Bear Stare" theory of economic development: if we all get together, and express our concern for our fellow man by transferring resources to poor countries, development problems will fix themselves. I'm pretty sure this would be insufficient, though.