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Tropical Gangsters: One Man's Experience With Development And Decadence In Deepest Africa Paperback - 1991

by Klitgaard, Robert

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Armed with his surfboard and a $10-million-dollar loan from the World Bank, Robert Klitgaard, a Harvard-trained economist, arrived in Equatorial Guinea, eager to rehabilitate its ruined economy. Tropical Gangsters is his fascinating and compelling account of his two-and-a-half-year adventure and an insightful look at why foreign aid so often fails. Selected as one of the sx best nonfiction books of 1990 by The New York Times Book Review.

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  • Title Tropical Gangsters: One Man's Experience With Development And Decadence In Deepest Africa
  • Author Klitgaard, Robert
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st
  • Condition UsedAcceptable
  • Pages 296
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Basic Books, New York
  • Date 1991-07-22
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 2Y6JCK00AF3G_ns
  • ISBN 9780465087600 / 0465087604
  • Weight 0.93 lbs (0.42 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.14 x 5.94 x 0.67 in (23.22 x 15.09 x 1.70 cm)
  • Reading level 900
  • Library of Congress subjects Economic assistance - Equatorial Guinea, Equatorial Guinea - Economic policy
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 90080243
  • Dewey Decimal Code 338.967

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IT is a little past noon on the third of August 1987.

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About the author

Robert Klitgaard is the author of Tropical Gangsters and Choosing Elites. A former associate professor of public policy at Harvard's Kennedy School, he is currently President and University Professor of Claremont Graduate University.

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