[BipolarBob]

Every cent given to Sub-Saharan Africa in aid is a cent thrown away does three cents worth of damage.

[ek_hornbeck]

Sub-Saharan Africa is the only part of the world that’s still caught in a Malthusian Trap. You improve conditions slightly, you still have the same level of disease and starvation, because the slight improvement leads to a population uptick which takes starvation and disease spread up to the next notch.