Of "money down the drain"...

"we spent trillions of dollars one of these problems [Africa] and we have damn near nothing to show for it"

(Former US secretary of the Treasury, Paul O'Neill)

... because there has in fact been so little aid to Africa!

"In 2002, USA gave $3 per sub-Saharan African taking out the parts for US consultants...administrative costs and debt relief, the aid per African came to the grand total of 6¢"

(Jeffrey Sachs)