Review
Named by Gail M. Gerhart in Foreign Affairs as one of the best books on Africa published in 2002!
Product Description
Billions are spent each year on foreign aid and tens of thousands are employed in the aid industry. Here, David Sogge asks: is there a real net flow of financial resources to the South?; how much aid should there be?; on what terms should it be given? Do the strings imposed imply a ressurection of old colonial controls?; can Northern governments, international financial institutions and developing countries ever agree?; can we think of an aid system for the new century - democratic, effective, adequate and just?
About the Author
DAVID SOGGE is a Fellow of the Transnational Institute (TNI) in Amsterdam. He has spent much of his professional life working for non-governmental aid agencies and in development cooperation programmes in Africa. He has written widely on aid, including Compassion and Calculation: The Business of Private Foreign Aid (Pluto Press, London, 1996).
