Critically examines the international industry that currently channels some $50,000 million from the rich, industrialized nations to the "aid" of the Third World.
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I notice that the previous comment on the book Lords of Poverty points out the intensity of feeling of the Author. The reviewer suggests that it spoilt the book's message. Maybe, but writing about they way aid is used as a coercive tool and abused by recepient country governments makes one feel intensely about the abuse. I know. As I charted my way through 2000 years of the history of Sri Lanka and saw what 60 years of greed had done to it, it made me very angry and that intensity of feeling came out in the book. It is hard to be dispassionate. What is important is that the content is honest and true and the views expressed genuinely held. The author should not be marked down for showing his true feelings.
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Truly a scathing expose of the world of International Development. Graham Hancock, who worked in Africa as a journalist at the time of the famine in Ethiopia, focuses on what he call Development Inc., the World Bank and the ever-gwoing conglomerate of UN organisations dedicated to "helping the poor". He shows how the taxpayer's money is funnelled back to large Western corporations through large-scale development schemes, and how African dictators help themselves unhindered to large dollops of aid money. He demonstrates how aid money is in fact a transfer from the poor of developed countries to the rich of developing countries, and ultimately to the rich of the of developed world, all in name of "helping the poor".
A very courageous effort that has conveniently been ignored by development experts. Although 20 years have passed since its publication, it is -unfortunately- still very relevant.
A very courageous effort that has conveniently been ignored by development experts. Although 20 years have passed since its publication, it is -unfortunately- still very relevant.
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Graham Hancock wrote this book over ten years ago, and identifies the incompetence, corruption and lack of value for money in the official aid organisations such as UN and World Bank. With fully documented research he draws a picture of mind numbing negligence, bureaucratic ineptitude, nepotism and self-interest wherein billions of aid dollars are squandered without benefiting those the money is intended to help. Since writing this book, little if anything has changed. An outstanding piece that the establishment does not want the public to read!
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Poverty still lives
i first read this book nearly 15 years ago and sadly it is still bang up-to-date because so little has changed. Read more
Published on 27 Jan 2011 by Ms. Patricia F. Smith
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Aired Frustrations
I was drawn to this book by its subject of imperialism in the humanitarian relief industry. It is a subject that deserves a good, reasoned and creative exploration especially as so... Read more
Published on 1 Aug 2003 by MARK CAMPBELL
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A compelling read for anyone interested in world affairs
A very enlightening book in which the author describes the inequity caused by the IMF, World Bank, governmental overseas aid agencies and some of the large Aid Organisation. Read more
Published on 4 May 1999
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