[lbriner]

Deciding where to spend it is most certainly hard but accounting for it is very easy. Even if the money was $100K to Jimmy to get the stuff into Algeria, there would be some tracking and accountability.

It's weird that with the sort of numbers that could lift some countries out of poverty, we can't even write something down in a spreadsheet.

[kylehotchkiss]

> It's weird that with the sort of numbers that could lift some countries out of poverty

This is not how you end poverty. This is how you pad the pockets of whatever entity is best positioned to receive that amount. It will promptly be flown with those people to the Dubai gold market where an all-gold suit will be purchased and the rest of the country never sees a dime.

Ultimately self sufficiency needs to be obtained in a stable and scalable way and then the proceeds can distribute across the economy better.

[ethbr1]

At the end of the day it's people time. And people time costs money.

So how many dollars et al. do you want you want to spend documenting how you spent your dollars?

Presumably < 100% and > 0%?

But what's the right number? If we spend $1 in accounting for every $1 spent on mission, and that produces a perfect audit trail, is that too much or little?

[fwip]

I think the top-level spreadsheets are accurate - it's the spreadsheets five layers down that might have errors (intentional and otherwise).