{"product_id":"dead-aid","title":"Dead Aid","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDambisa Moyo's \u003ci\u003eDead Aid \u003c\/i\u003ereveals why millions are actually poorer because of aid, unable to escape corruption and reduced, in the West's eyes, to a childlike state of beggary.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  We all want to help. Over the past fifty years $1 trillion of development aid has flowed from Western governments to Africa, with rock stars and actors campaigning for more. But this has not helped Africa. It has ruined it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eDead Aid \u003c\/i\u003eshows us another way. Using hard evidence to illustrate her case, Moyo shows how, with access to capital and with the right policies, even the poorest nations can turn themselves around. First we must destroy the myth that aid works - and make charity history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Articulate, self-confident and angry ... this book marks a turning point'\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'A damning assessment of the failures of sixty years of western development'\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Kicks over the traditional piety that Western aid benefits the third world' \u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eSunday Herald\u003c\/i\u003e Books of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Dambisa Moyo makes a compelling case for a new approach' \u003cbr\u003e  Kofi Annan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'This reader was left wanting a lot more Moyo, a lot less Bono' \u003cbr\u003e  Niall Ferguson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eDambisa Moyo \u003c\/b\u003eworked at Goldman Sachs for eight years, having previously worked for the World Bank as a consultant. Moyo completed a PhD in Economics at Oxford University, and holds a Masters from Harvard University Kennedy School of Government. Her other books include \u003ci\u003eWinner Take All \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHow the West was Lost. \u003c\/i\u003eShe was born and raised in Lusaka, Zambia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54252757483864,"sku":"9780141031187","price":17.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780141031187.jpg?v=1764462622","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/dead-aid","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}