The urgency of reducing poverty in the developing world has been the subject of a public campaign by such unlikely policy experts as George Clooney, Alicia Keyes, Elton John, Angelina Jolie, and Bono. And yet accompanying the call for more foreign aid is an almost universal discontent with the effec
Reinventing foreign aid
โ Scribed by Easterly, William
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 580
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Subjects
Economic assistance--Developing countries--Evaluation;Economic development projects--Developing countries--Evaluation;Economic assistance -- Developing countries -- Evaluation;Economic development projects -- Developing countries -- Evaluation
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