The trouble with aid why less could mean more for Africa
Africa is poor. If we send it money it will be less poor. It seems perfectly logical, doesn't it? Millions of people in the rich world, moved by images on television and appalled by the miserable conditions endured by so many in other countries, have joined campaigns to persuade their governmen...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Zed Books in association with International African Institute, Royal African Society
2008
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| Series: | African arguments
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Table of Contents:
- Time to think again
- The new aid era
- All aid's impacts: the bigger picture
- Pulling the strings: the reality of aid conditionality
- Institutions, institutions, institutions
- Aid, growth and confused academics
- A better future?
- Why is aid really going up?
- What is to be done?