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Lords of Poverty: The Power, Prestige, and Corruption of the International Aid Business

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A comprehensive and controversial study of the 60-billion-dollar-a-year world foreign-aid business, Lords of Poverty was a bestseller in hardcover and earned the 1990 H.L. Mencken Award honorable mention for an outstanding book of journalism. Hancock investigates why huge aid projects often fail and demands a response from those in the industry.

Review:

"I cannot agree with Mr. Hancock's extreme condemnation of the development industry....Nonetheless, much of my experience in Africa and Asia confirms the essential truth of his charges....Beneath the jumped-up language is a deadly serious book about a desperately important subject, a book that, despite its exaggerations, succeeds in standing the myth of foreign aid on its head, and demands a serious reply from the development industry." The New York Times Book Review

Review:

"[His] point ? that official aid rarely benefits the poor ? is supported with extensive examples of documented bureaucratic waste and self-serving behavior....A weakness in the author's position is his view that the documented corruption and abuse of power in the UN system, the World Bank, etc., are isolated rather than typical examples of a global oligopoly gone out of control." Choice

Review:

"At its best, this book questions our preconceptions about aid and backs up the challenge with a wealth of incriminating detail. At its worst, it is shrill, repetitive and replete with spurious comparisons." London Review of Books

Synopsis:

Lords of Poverty is a case study in betrayals of a public trust. The shortcomings of aid are numerous, and serious enough to raise questions about the viability of the practice at its most fundamental levels. Hancocks report is thorough, deeply shocking, and certain to cause critical reevaluation—of the governments motives in giving foreign aid, and of the true needs of our intended beneficiaries.
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ISBN:
9780871134691
Author:
Hancock, Graham
Publisher:
Atlantic Monthly Press
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
Development & Growth
Subject:
International
Subject:
Government and political science
Subject:
Social Services & Welfare
Subject:
Economic Development
Subject:
Developing countries
Subject:
Current world affairs
Subject:
Economic assistance
Subject:
Non-governmental organizations
Subject:
Development - Economic Development
Subject:
Economic assistance -- Developing countries.
Subject:
Economics - General
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Series Volume:
NASA TM-103566
Publication Date:
19940131
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Pages:
256
Dimensions:
8.25 x 5.50 in 10.50 oz
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Product details 256 pages Atlantic Monthly Press - English 9780871134691 Reviews:
"Review" by , "I cannot agree with Mr. Hancock's extreme condemnation of the development industry....Nonetheless, much of my experience in Africa and Asia confirms the essential truth of his charges....Beneath the jumped-up language is a deadly serious book about a desperately important subject, a book that, despite its exaggerations, succeeds in standing the myth of foreign aid on its head, and demands a serious reply from the development industry."
"Review" by , "[His] point ? that official aid rarely benefits the poor ? is supported with extensive examples of documented bureaucratic waste and self-serving behavior....A weakness in the author's position is his view that the documented corruption and abuse of power in the UN system, the World Bank, etc., are isolated rather than typical examples of a global oligopoly gone out of control."
"Review" by , "At its best, this book questions our preconceptions about aid and backs up the challenge with a wealth of incriminating detail. At its worst, it is shrill, repetitive and replete with spurious comparisons." London Review of Books
"Synopsis" by ,
Lords of Poverty is a case study in betrayals of a public trust. The shortcomings of aid are numerous, and serious enough to raise questions about the viability of the practice at its most fundamental levels. Hancocks report is thorough, deeply shocking, and certain to cause critical reevaluation—of the governments motives in giving foreign aid, and of the true needs of our intended beneficiaries.
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