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Dead aid : why aid makes things worse and how there is another way for Africa / Dambisa Moyo.

By: Moyo, DambisaMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: London : Penguin, 2010Description: xx, 188 p. ; 20 cmISBN: 9780141031187 (pbk.) :; 0141031182 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Economic assistance -- Africa | Poor -- Services for -- Africa | Economic development -- Africa | Economic development -- Social aspects -- Africa | Africa Industry. -- Economic conditions -- 1945-1960 | Africa -- Economic conditionsDDC classification: 338.9'1'096 Summary: 'Dead aid' analyses the history of economic development over the last 50 years and shows how aid crowds out financial and social capital and directly causes corruption. He also shows how, with improved access to capital and markets and with the right policies, even the poorest nations could be allowed to prosper.
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Originally published: London: Allen Lane, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

'Dead aid' analyses the history of economic development over the last 50 years and shows how aid crowds out financial and social capital and directly causes corruption. He also shows how, with improved access to capital and markets and with the right policies, even the poorest nations could be allowed to prosper.

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