Jonathan Glennie

Trouble with Aid

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Africa is poor. If we send it money it will be less poor. It seems perfectly logical, doesn't it? Millions of people in the rich world, moved by images on television and appalled by the miserable conditions endured by so many in other countries, have joined campaigns to persuade their governments to double aid to Africa and help put an end to such shameful inequality.It seems simple. But it isn't. In this book, Jonathan Glennie argues that, along with its many benefits, government aid to Africa has often meant more poverty, more hungry people, worse basic services and damage to already precarious democratic institutions. Moreover, calls for m… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-84813-501-7
EAN: 9781848135017
Produktnummer: 13864803
Verlag: Zed Books
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Seitenangabe: 186 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 0 KB

Über den Autor

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.