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Author Moyo, Dambisa, author.

Title Dead aid : why aid is not working and how there is a better way for Africa / Dambisa Moyo.

Publication Info. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010.
©2009

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  338.91 M938D    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  338.91 M938D2 c.2  Check Shelf
Edition First American paperback edition.
Description xx, 188 pages ; 21 cm
Note "Originally published in 2009 by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, Great Britain, as: Dead aid : why aid is not working and how there is another way for Africa"--Title page verso.
"Published in the United States in 2009 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. First American paperback edition, 2010"--Title page verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-180) and index.
Contents The World of aid -- The Myth of aid -- A Brief history of aid -- Aid is not working -- The Silent killer of growth -- 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.
Summary 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.
Subject Wirtschaftsentwicklung.
Africa. (OCoLC)fst01239509
Afrika.
International relief -- Africa.
Economic assistance. (OCoLC)fst00901592
Chronological Term 2000 - 2099
Subject Africa -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
Economic history. (OCoLC)fst00901974
Wirtschaftshilfe.
Entwicklungshilfe.
Poor. (OCoLC)fst01071040
Economic assistance -- Africa.
Local Subject Poor people -- Services for -- Africa.
Subject Poor -- Services for -- Africa.
Economic development -- Developing countries.
Added Title Why aid is not working and how there is a better way for Africa
ISBN 9780374532123 (paperback)
0374532125 (paperback)
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