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

by Graham Hancock

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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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Product Details

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

Copyright:

1994

Edition Description:

Trade Paper

Series Volume:

NASA TM-103566

Publication Date:

19940131

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Language:

English

Pages:

256

Dimensions:

8.25 x 5.5 in 10.5 oz

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Product details 256 pages Atlantic Monthly Press - 2013-04-22 English 9780871134691 Reviews:

"Review" by The New York Times Book 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."

"Review" by Choice, "[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 Firebrand,

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.