Rob:  Millions of people die every year for a stupid reason; they’re just too poor to stay alive.  Not my words, but those of an economist named Jeffrey Sachs, the author of the best-selling book, THE END OF POVERTY.  In his book, Sachs maintains that for less than one percent of the income of countries like ours, we could end poverty in the third world.  It’s often pointed out; the aid we send abroad is sometimes looted by tyrants more interested in lining their own pockets than helping their own poor.  Unfortunately true, but not necessarily the way it has to be.  Part of the criteria of the Millennium Challenge Corporation is to help countries, like Mali, expand international development money beyond just food aid to sustainable business development.  So consider this; according to the World Health Organization, 22,000 people die each and every day from poverty; to save those lives would cost the developed world about sixty-six billion dollars annually, roughly triple what we spend right now.  But in doing so, we would generate six times that amount in economic benefit.  Poor communities are hot beds for instability, whereas, an economically viable community becomes another market for our goods, which may well sound self-serving, but I believe makes humanitarianism a pretty smart investment.  I’m Rob McClendon.  Thanks for watching.  See you soon.