- Paperback: 234 pages
- Publisher: Mandarin; New edition edition (10 Jan 1991)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0749305037
- ISBN-13: 978-0749305031
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.4 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 677,760 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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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.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
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!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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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. It is a compelling read for anyone interested in sociology, political science or world affairs
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