The Trouble with Aid: Why Less Could Mean More for Africa
Author:   Jonathan Glennie
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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9781848130401


Pages:   186
Publication Date:   15 October 2008
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Jonathan Glennie
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Zed Books Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 12.90cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.218kg
ISBN:  

9781848130401


ISBN 10:   1848130406
Pages:   186
Publication Date:   15 October 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Time to think again 2. The new aid era 3. All aid's impacts: The bigger picture 4. Pulling the strings: The reality of aid conditionality 5. Institutions, institutions, institutions 6. Aid, growth and confused academics 7. A better future? 8. Why is aid really going up? 9. What is to be done? Notes Bibliography Index

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'Jonathan Glennie's excellent and immensely readable new book presents a compelling case for those of us who care about Africa not to demand ever more aid, but rather to seek the more fundamental changes in the global economy which could reduce dependency on aid and contribute to the ultimate eradication of poverty.'David Woodward, former head of New Global Economy Programme, nef


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Jonathan Glennie has worked as a policy analyst in several international development charities. He is currently Christian Aid’s country representative in Colombia. He has played a key role in campaigns in the United Kingdom and around the world, including the Make Poverty History campaign in 2005.

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