"There is a debate to be had about aid, but Moyo’s book, sadly, does not advance it. Dead Aid is poorly researched, badly argued, mendacious in its use of evidence, and pedestrian in its suggestions for alternatives."
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Owen Barder, Yet Another Review of “Dead Aid” by Dambisa Moyo (2009)
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