An impressive bio of Dambisa Moyo
… in Newsweek. Which undermines the argument that one should pay attention to the message and not the messenger. As if the two could ever really be separated.
Tag Archives: Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa
Still on Dead Aid
Cover via Amazon I thought to draw attention to Jeffrey Sachs comments on Dambisa Moyo’s Dead Aid, and Ms Moyo’s response. Mr Sachs’s comments were a bit disapointing. I have expected more in substance from him. Read the opening, for instance: The debate about foreign aid has become farcical. The big opponents of aid today… Read More »
Fukuyama on Dead Aid
Fukuyama wrote a review of Dambisa Moyo’s Dead Aid, and the somewhat less popular The Challenge for Africa by Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai. The following paragraph raises a very important issue about the problem with African countries. The roots of Africa’s political malaise go far deeper than the post-independence foreign-aid regime. Unlike East… Read More »