The road to hell : the ravaging effects of foreign aid and international charity /

Michael Maren has spent much of the last twenty years in Africa, first as an aid worker, later as a journalist. He witnessed at close range a harrowing series of wars, famines, and natural disasters. In The Road to Hell he tells how CARE unwittingly assisted a Somali dictator in building a political...

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Main Author:	Maren, Michael
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Free Press, ©1997.
Subjects:	Since 1960 Economic assistance > Africa. Charities > Africa > Management. Charities > Corrupt practices > Africa. Aide économique > Afrique. Subsaharan Africa. Somalia. development cooperation. private aid. 83.46 development economics. Pays en développement. Corruption. Aide économique. Aide humanitaire. Aide au développement. Charities > Corrupt practices. Charities > Management. Economic assistance. Economic history. Entwicklungshilfe Hilfsorganisation Internationale Organisation Ontwikkelingssamenwerking. Africa > Economic conditions > 1960- Afrique > Conditions économiques > 1960- Africa. Afrika Charities > Africa > Corrupt practices Charities > Africa > Management Economic assistance > Africa ontwikkelingshulp development aid samenwerking cooperation plattelandsplanning rural planning plattelandsontwikkeling rural development sociale economie socioeconomics economische situatie economic situation sociale voorzieningen social services welzijnsvoorzieningen welfare services sociaal welzijn social welfare afrika economische planning economic planning economische productie economic production sociaal werk social work International Development Cooperation Ontwikkelingssamenwerking