Bill Gates is pitching to have foreign aid directed through his charities. It certainly would make more sense for the aid to be directed through organizations

Bill Gates is pitching to have foreign aid directed through his charities. It certainly would make more sense for the aid to be directed through organizations with runs on the board and a capable organization. I think the parent should probably have said 'direct government-to-government foreign aid usually makes things worse'. Part of the thing Bill Gates is fighting against with his 'myth busting' is the bad reputation foreign aid has got because it goes directly from politician to politician, and not necessarily distributed or managed in accordance with what people know to work.