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There is no doubt: we want to help. The well-documented horrors of extreme poverty around the world have created a moral imperative that people have responded to in their millions. Yet the poverty persists. At a time of unprecedented global prosperity, children are starving to death. Are we not being generous enough? Or is the problem somehow insoluble, an inevitable outcome of historical circumstance? In this provocative and compelling book, Dambisa Moyo argues that the most important challenge we face today is to destroy the myth that Aid actually works. In the modern globalized economy, simply handing out more money, however well intentioned, will not help the poorest nations achieve sustainable long-term growth. Dead Aid analyses the history of economic development over the last fifty years and shows how Aid crowds out financial and social capital and feeds corruption; the countries that have caught up did so despite rather than because of Aid. There is, however, an alternative. Extreme poverty is not inevitable. Dambisa Moyo shows how, with improved access to capital and markets and with the right policies, even the poorest nations can prosper. If we really do want to help, we have to do more than just appease our consciences, hoping for the best, expecting the worst. We need first to understand the problem.
著者について
Dambisa Moyo is a Global Economist at an Investment Bank in London. She previously worked at the World Bank in Washington DC. A native of Zambia, Southern Africa, Dambisa holds a Doctorate in Economics from Oxford University and a Masters from Harvard University. Dambisa has spoken on issues of Aid, Debt and Poverty in developing countries at conferences including at the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland in 2005. Dambisa lives in London. Dead Aid is her first book.
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14 人中、14人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Rigor and conviction
2009/2/20
形式:ペーパーバック
As I was not aware of the Aid programs bias and problems. I always complied with the current and unique trend: "Send more Monies to Africa. It will solve all of their problems". This book brought me a brand new look at the Aid system and to discover why it does not always work.
With Passion and Rigor Ms Moyo brings a lot of numbers and facts to the table. She also brings solutions and tools that may work in the future.
Sometimes, I was lost in numbers and redundant affirmations as some points are obvious from the beginning. I have to admit, I skipped some pages.
I learned a lot and this book allowed me to better understand the situation. Glad I read it
With Passion and Rigor Ms Moyo brings a lot of numbers and facts to the table. She also brings solutions and tools that may work in the future.
Sometimes, I was lost in numbers and redundant affirmations as some points are obvious from the beginning. I have to admit, I skipped some pages.
I learned a lot and this book allowed me to better understand the situation. Glad I read it
2 人中、2人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Foreign aid is not working
2009/12/5
形式:ペーパーバック
"Aid has been, and continues to be, an unmitigated political, economic, and humanitarian disaster for most parts of the developing world," according to Dambisa Moyo. Moyo has dared to speak the unspeakable, and cast doubt on the prevailing Western assumption that aid is a good thing, and that governments which increase their levels of giving are making life better for people living in poverty.
The book starts by explaining that its objections do not relate to emergency aid (in response to urgent disasters) or charity-based aid (although the author does take some pot-shots at charities); instead, it relates to systematic aid from governments or institutions such as the World Bank. More than US$2 trillion in aid has been transferred from rich countries to poor countries over the past 50 years, but the poorest countries are no better off. Many argue that aid is more effective in good policy environments, but Moyo argues that the facts simply do not support this. She says that aid is a silent killer of growth, causing corruption and bad governance because recipient governments have less incentive to be accountable to their citizens, and civil wars, reducing savings and investment, and choking exports.
In part II of the book, the author gives her ideas about how to replace aid. Whilst I find her critique of the economic and political consequences of aid reasonably compelling, I find her proposals less compelling. She recommends that developing countries replace aid with funds raised through international bonds markets, but she does not explain why corrupt governments that steal aid would not steal money raised through bonds. She advocates increasing engagement between African countries and China, but overlooks the fact that Chinese aid with no strings attached causes just as much harm as anyone else's aid. The book is easy to read and makes a useful contribution to the debate, but in my view the recommended actions still come up short of the mark.
The book starts by explaining that its objections do not relate to emergency aid (in response to urgent disasters) or charity-based aid (although the author does take some pot-shots at charities); instead, it relates to systematic aid from governments or institutions such as the World Bank. More than US$2 trillion in aid has been transferred from rich countries to poor countries over the past 50 years, but the poorest countries are no better off. Many argue that aid is more effective in good policy environments, but Moyo argues that the facts simply do not support this. She says that aid is a silent killer of growth, causing corruption and bad governance because recipient governments have less incentive to be accountable to their citizens, and civil wars, reducing savings and investment, and choking exports.
In part II of the book, the author gives her ideas about how to replace aid. Whilst I find her critique of the economic and political consequences of aid reasonably compelling, I find her proposals less compelling. She recommends that developing countries replace aid with funds raised through international bonds markets, but she does not explain why corrupt governments that steal aid would not steal money raised through bonds. She advocates increasing engagement between African countries and China, but overlooks the fact that Chinese aid with no strings attached causes just as much harm as anyone else's aid. The book is easy to read and makes a useful contribution to the debate, but in my view the recommended actions still come up short of the mark.
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A crucial message delivered without punch
2009/3/9
形式:ペーパーバック
Mrs. Moyo tries to convince her readers that Africa is poor, not in spite of, but because of the aid it receives. She suggests that the international capital markets, investments from countries like China, trade and local funds are better mechanisms to generate funds for African development. Her message is extreme, her story not always consistent and certainly not convincing. She would have benefited if she had consulted a less political, more professional treatise on the (non) effectiveness and harmful effects of development aid by George Riddel (Does Foreign Aid Really Work?). Her remarks on the growth agenda are 'journalistic' at best. Dani Rodrick "One economies, many recipies" does a much better job. Finally she hardly delves into the political economy of African societies, which seems to be the most essential element in this discussion. I recommend 'Africa Works' of Chabal and Daloz. In summary, intellectually challenged, but nonetheless a book that will grab the attention because of its message and especially the messenger.
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