"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.