| Edition |
1st U.S. ed. |
| Description |
350 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Note |
"First published in the United Kingdom in 2007 by Ebury Press under the title Poor Story and revised for this edition." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-350). |
| Contents |
Poverty: impossible choices -- A life quite ordinary -- Africa scrambled -- President for a day -- Aid: good intentions -- Where does your money go? -- Pass the hat-charity aid -- Budget or fudge it-national aid -- Interlude: gamblers required -- Airily conditioned-international aid -- Aid betrayed -- Trade: dusty plains and unlevel playing fields -- In theory -- Out of Africa -- Into Africa -- It doesn't work for you either -- Globalization: might and right -- Africa doesn't matter -- Screw you, too -- Change: action heroes -- What happens next? -- Powerless or complacent? -- Profit in virtue -- Guilt or glory -- Appendix 1: national aid donors -- Appendix 2: United Nations agencies in Africa. |
| Summary |
An aid worker and diplomat analyzes the problems of contemporary Africa, providing anecdotes on poverty, trade, and globalization, and explores how current approaches to foreign assistance have worked to hinder development on the continent. |
| Subject |
Poverty -- Africa.
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Poor -- Africa.
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Globalization -- Economic aspects.
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Economic assistance -- Africa.
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Africa -- Economic conditions -- 1960-
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Africa -- Social conditions -- 1960-
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| ISBN |
9781611453065 (alk. paper) |
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1611453062 (alk. paper) |
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