Dead aid : why aid is not working and how there is a better way for Africa / Dambisa Moyo.
By: Moyo, Dambisa
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TextPublisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010, c2009Edition: 1st American pbk. ed.General Notes: "Originally published in 2009 by Allen Lane ... as Dead aid: why aid is not working and how there is another way for Africa"--T.p. verso; "Published in the United States in 2009 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux"--T.p. verso.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [164]-180) and index.Description: xx, 188 p. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9780374532123 (pbk.); 0374532125 (pbk.).Other title: Why aid is not working and how there is a better way for Africa.Subject(s): Economic assistance -- Africa | Poor -- Africa | Africa -- Economic conditions -- 21st centuryDDC classification: 338.91096 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 338.91096 M876 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003505153 |
"Originally published in 2009 by Allen Lane ... as Dead aid: why aid is not working and how there is another way for Africa"--T.p. verso.
"Published in the United States in 2009 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [164]-180) and index.
Foreword / Niall Ferguson -- Preface -- Introduction -- Pt. I. The World of aid -- The Myth of aid -- A Brief history of aid -- Aid is not working -- The Silent killer of growth -- Pt. II. A World without aid -- The Republic of Dongo -- A Radical rethink of the aid-dependency model -- A Capital solution -- The Chinese are our friends -- Let's trade -- Banking on the unbankable -- Dongo revisited -- Making development happen -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Argues that international aid sent to developing African nations has not helped and contends that the money has led to corrupt governments and dependent citizens.
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