Africa doesn't matter : how the west has failed the poorest continent and what we can do about it /
Africa does not matter
Giles Bolton.
- 1st U.S. ed.
- New York : Arcade Pub., c2008.
- 350 p. ; 23 cm.
Rev. ed. of: Poor story. 2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-350).
Poverty : impossible choices -- A life quite ordinary -- Africa scrambled -- President for a day -- Aid : good intentions -- Where does your money go? -- Pass the hat round / Charity Aid -- Budget or fudge it / National Aid -- Interlude : gamblers required -- Airily conditioned / International Aid -- Aid betrayed -- Trade : dusty plains and unlevel playing fields -- In theory -- Out of Africa -- Into Africa -- It doesn't work for you either -- Globalisation : might and right -- Africa doesn't matter -- Screw you too -- Change : action heroes -- What happens next? -- Powerless or complacent? -- Profit in virtue -- Guilt or glory.