The man with the hair helmet is Jeffrey Sachs, and his organization gets money when you buy the shirt Bono tells you to buy. And then Sachs helps the kids.But a series of unreadable articles points out the same recurring problem: What happens when Sachs isn't around?
- The April issue of Harper's explained (in a horribly boring way) how local politicians and elites in Kenya ignored Sachs' advice as soon as he was out of sight.
- Bono's Vanity Fair issue explains how Uganda's president couldn't be bothered to act like he was listening to Sachs' in-person advice.
- Today's Times looks at how Sachs' attempt guide oil development the tiny island country of Sao Tome and Principe got bulldozed by the corrupt oil interests in neighboring Nigeria. No one with real power would do what Sachs said.
