The Economist's Tale : A Consultant Encounters Hunger and the World Bank

@book{citeulike:305759, abstract = {{<div>What really happens when the World Bank imposes its policies on a country? This is an insider's view of one aid-made crisis. Peter Griffiths was at the interface between government and the Bank. In this day-by-day account of a mission he undertook in Sierra Leone in 1986, he tells the story of how the World Bank, obsessed with the free market, imposed a secret agreement on the government, banning all government food imports or subsidies. This is a rare and important portrait of the aid world which insiders will recognize, but of which the general public seldom gets a glimpse.<br></div>}}, author = {Griffiths, Peter}, citeulike-article-id = {305759}, howpublished = {Paperback}, isbn = {184277185X}, keywords = {development, ngo, worldbank}, month = {September}, posted-at = {2005-08-27 20:38:11}, priority = {3}, publisher = {{Zed Books}}, title = {The Economist's Tale : A Consultant Encounters Hunger and the World Bank}, url = {http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike07-20&path=ASIN/184277185X}, year = {2003} }

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