Dead Aid, Dambisa Moyo
Dead Aid, Dambisa Moyo
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Dead Aid
Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa

Author: Dambisa Moyo, Niall Ferguson

Narrator: Mike Chamberlain

Unabridged: 6 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/22/2019

Synopsis

A national bestseller, Dead Aid unflinchingly confronts one of the greatest myths of our time: that billions of dollars in aid sent from wealthy countries to developing African nations has helped to reduce poverty and increase growth. In fact, poverty levels continue to escalate and growth rates have steadily declined—and millions continue to suffer. Debunking the current model of international aid promoted by both Hollywood celebrities and policy makers, Dambisa Moyo offers a bold new road map for financing the development of the world's poorest countries.

Much debated in the United States and the United Kingdom on publication, Dead Aid is an unsettling yet optimistic work, a powerful challenge to the assumptions and arguments that support a profoundly misguided development policy in Africa. And it is a clarion call to a new, more hopeful vision of how to address the desperate poverty that plagues millions.

About Dambisa Moyo

Dambisa Moyo is the New York Times bestselling author of How the West Was Lost and Dead Aid. Born and raised in Lusaka, Zambia, Moyo completed a PhD in economics at Oxford University and holds a master's degree from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. She worked for the World Bank as a consultant, and also worked at Goldman Sachs for eight years. In 2009, Time magazine named her one of the "100 most influential people in the world." Her writing frequently appears in the Financial Times, the Economist, the Wall Street Journal, and other publications.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dave on April 03, 2009

Dead Aid is an interesting, provocative look at the foreign aid industry and its effects on Africa. Dambisa Moyo, who formerly worked for Goldman Sachs and the World Bank, draws a conclusion not unknown to others in the field: development aid (as differentiated from humanitarian aid) has not only do......more

Goodreads review by Tinea on August 05, 2016

Woah woah woah. First of all, what is with the foreward here? "The simple fact that Dead Aid is the work of an African black woman is the least of the reasons why you should read it. But it is a good reason nonetheless." What Niall Ferguson means here is he found a person with the right national & g......more

Goodreads review by Sleepless on May 19, 2021

Books like these are pretty much my only motivation to continue studying economics, even when it's very shitty. With an impressive CV and tons of passion, Moyo argues that aid has not been helpful to African countries. In fact, she claims aid has actually harmed them. Half of the book is dedicated t......more

Goodreads review by Ed on October 15, 2010

This little book has been a hit with economists who think that the only solution to grinding third world (African) poverty must be market-based. While it makes good points--particularly that humanitarian aid to Africa hasn't worked as a way to start economic development--those points get lost in Moy......more

Goodreads review by Patrick on June 15, 2024

2023-07-23 I did finish this back in 2010 or 11 for a neat group's (a priori cats) discussion of it. I generally liked the book and author's arguments against government aid. Have not seen many references to the book or author since, but believe the basic insights seem to have stood the test of time......more

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