Dead aid : why aid is not working and how there is a better way for Africa
by
Moyo, Dambisa.
Title
:
Dead aid : why aid is not working and how there is a better way for Africa
Author
:
Moyo, Dambisa.
ISBN
:
9780374139568
Personal Author
:
Moyo, Dambisa.
Publication Information
:
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2009.
Physical Description
:
xx, 188 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents
:
Foreword / Niall Ferguson -- Preface -- Introduction -- The myth of aid -- A brief history of aid -- Aid is not working -- The silent killer of growth -- 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.
Abstract
:
In "Dead Aid," Dambisa Moyo describes the state of postwar development policy in Africa that has channeled billions of dollars in aid but failed to reduce poverty and increase growth. He offers a new, more hopeful vision of how to address the desperate poverty that plagues millions.
Subject Term
:
Economic assistance -- Africa.
Poor -- Africa.
Geographic Term
:
Africa -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
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| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168025415924 | 338.91096 M938D 2009 | 1 |