400 billion in estimated looting from the public treasury from 1960 to 2000. That number is greater than all foreign aid given to the entire continent over the same length of time.
A lot of the work I'm doing with my business is trying to bring value to these slums, working with groups like Ashoka, giving people like these some kind of dignity and self-sufficiency.
This little blurb does not discuss a lot of the things that are going on that are quite inspiring and amazing, so don't let this get you THAT depressed. There are a lot of changes going on, and I think those grim stats the guy was dishing out were meant to shock people into action but were not part of the entire picture.