These figures expose the true financial relationship of wealthy countries with Africa, a relationship that is seldom mentioned by politicians. It is a relationship in which the world doesn’t aid Africa, but in which Africa aids the world. Yet despite years of public fundraising campaigns and aid ‘generosity’, we are still nowhere near to witnessing the end of global poverty. For example, $35.3 billion a year is lost in illicit financial flows facilitated by the global network of tax havens. It is time that we expose the aid myth and demand that politicians take responsibility for their part in sustaining global poverty.