Still the Arms Debateby Robert A. Levine

✍ Scribed by Review by: Gregory F. Treverton

• Book ID: 125234818
• Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 181 KB
• Volume: 69
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0015-7120
• DOI: 10.2307/20044510

✦ Synopsis

RECENT BOOKS 177 launches a broadside of accusations.

His charges range from blatant and systematic manipulation of statistics, to excessive salaries for IMF employ ees and the drawing of benefits from a "honey pot," to the creation of harsh "conditionalities" for loans to poor countries that depress living standards and augment poverty. There may be justice to Budhoo's claims, but the vitriolic nature of his prose may diminish their chances of getting serious attention from member governments.