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Dead Aid : Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa
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Dead Aid : Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa Paperback - 2010

by Moyo, Dambisa

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"Dead Aid" describes the state of postwar development policy in Africa today and confronts one of the greatest myths of our time: that billions of dollars in aid sent from wealthy countries to developing African nations has helped to reduce poverty and increase growth.

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  • Title Dead Aid : Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa
  • Author Moyo, Dambisa
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: first
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York
  • Date 2010-03-02
  • Features Bibliography, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 6463237-6
  • ISBN 9780374532123 / 0374532125
  • Weight 0.42 lbs (0.19 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.22 x 5.6 x 0.58 in (20.88 x 14.22 x 1.47 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: African
    • Cultural Region: Developing World
  • Dewey Decimal Code 338.910

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  • Books & Culture, 09/01/2014, Page 32
  • New York Times Book Review, 04/18/2010, Page 28

About the author

Dambisa Moyo is the author of How the West Was Lost. Born and raised in Lusaka, Zambia, Moyo completed a Ph.D. in economics at Oxford University and holds a master's from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. She worked for the World Bank as a consultant, and also worked at Goldman Sachs for eight years. In 2009, Time magazine named her one of the "100 most influential people in the world." Her writing frequently appears in publications including the Financial Times, The Economist, and The Wall Street Journal.

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