Aid and Other Dirty Business: - An Insider Reveals How Good Intentions Have Failed the World's Poor

Informationen zum Autor Born in London in 1973, Giles Bolton has been closely involved in Africa and it's development for more than ten years as civil servant, diplomat and aid worker. From 1996 until 2004 he worked for the British Government's Department for International Development (DFID), in countries such as Kenya, Rwanda and Iraq. Klappentext Do you know why Africa is so poor? What really happens to your charity money? Why do trade rules fail African countries and yet cost you too? We've heard it all before: the corrupt leaders, heartless global corporations, the wicked World Bank. But the answers are much closer to home... and so are the solutions When Giles Bolton began working in the world of aid and development, he travelled to Africa convinced that he could solve problems, save villages and sing songs with the locals under a shimmering sunset. The reality proved rather less romantic, and far more shocking... Aid and Other Dirty Business is a radical, brilliantly readable and totally original approach to the seemingly unending problem of poverty in Africa. It may change your life, but, more importantly, it will help you change the lives of others. Zusammenfassung and so are the solutionsWhen Giles Bolton began working in the world of aid and development, he travelled to Africa convinced that he could solve problems, save villages and sing songs with the locals under a shimmering sunset.

Product details

• Authors: Giles Bolton, Bolton Giles
• Publisher: Ebury Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.07.2008
• EAN: 9780091914356
• ISBN: 978-0-09-191435-6
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Philanthropy & Charity, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social welfare & social services, Social issues & processes, Social discrimination & inequality, Social welfare and social services, Aid & relief programmes, Social and cultural anthropology, Social and ethical issues, Social discrimination and equal treatment, Aid and relief programmes