First World, Third WorldOver a billion people still live in abject poverty. International aid, and its organs such as the World Bank, can claim only limited success. Indeed, in some parts of the world, especially Africa, they must acknowledge failure. William Ryrie analyses the record of international aid with ruthless honesty, while sympathising with its objectives. Aid has often had perverse and harmful effects. Probably its most basic failure has been to undermine the working of the market economy, which offers the best hope of rapid growth and declining poverty. Ryrie argues that a new intellectual basis for aid must urgently be found and the development task redefined, concluding this stimulating book with some novel and provocative proposals. |
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... staff . The technical staff ( " engineers " ) are experienced industry experts , mostly a good deal older than the investment officers ( which could cause problems sometimes ) and usually with some experience in managing companies in ...
... staff . The technical staff ( " engineers " ) are experienced industry experts , mostly a good deal older than the investment officers ( which could cause problems sometimes ) and usually with some experience in managing companies in ...
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... staff sometimes emerged in institutional rivalry ( people in the aid business have the same human failings as others ) . In the mid 1980s Bank staff regarded the IFC as a fringe activity and took little notice . IFC staff responded by ...
... staff sometimes emerged in institutional rivalry ( people in the aid business have the same human failings as others ) . In the mid 1980s Bank staff regarded the IFC as a fringe activity and took little notice . IFC staff responded by ...
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... staff members for leaving , many of whom came back to work for the Bank as consultants . Within three years the size of the Bank staff was back to what it had been . In 1994 Preston embarked on an effort to reduce the budget by 6 per ...
... staff members for leaving , many of whom came back to work for the Bank as consultants . Within three years the size of the Bank staff was back to what it had been . In 1994 Preston embarked on an effort to reduce the budget by 6 per ...
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