Africa: No, 70% of American Foreign Aid Is Not 'Stolen Off the Top'

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The office of a US senator cited articles about Nigeria and Malawi as proof that more than two-thirds of American aid to developing countries is stolen. While theft is real there is no evidence that it is on the scale that senator Rand Paul asserted.

The United States spends about $50 billion on foreign aid, or about 1% of its entire federal budget. Much of it, whether in the form of development, health, humanitarian or military aid, involves the US state department at some point in the process.

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