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  <title><![CDATA[Dead Aid: Destroying the Biggest Global Myth of Our Time]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Dambisa Moyo]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Aug 27 15:04:01 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay, so I finally finished Dead Aid.  It's been a good time to read it as there were, randomly, two different seminars by WB employees at the school last week.  Both talked about some of the same issues, both (in different ways) sort of indirectly responded to some of the charges Moyo levels in Dea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69133404">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[people interested in international development, economics and Africa.]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sun Apr 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Apr 02 10:56:58 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Apr 22 14:42:01 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This brief book has received a lot of attention since it was published just a few months ago earlier this year. The author attacks development aid to Africa with a vengeance, calling it the “silent killer of growth.”  Despite the billions of dollars worth of development aid to Africa provided by...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51271040">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Mar 16 01:28:00 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Mar 19 05:08:14 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A little dry at times (written by an economist about economics - not sure what else I could have expected...) but makes some interesting points. Makes for some uncomfortable reading at times (e.g. should democracy be a focus - is it better to have a dictator who can push through much needed reforms ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49417453">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Apr 17 03:05:53 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Concise and passionate explanation of why Foreign Aid causes problems for the recipients. After reading it, I feel like I have an understanding of the issue.<br/><br/>In sections I would have benefited from more examples or a more complete recounting of the history. It is extensively referenced th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52162431">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Aug 13 15:46:09 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Sep 02 15:13:44 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read this book for work. It was interesting...some really good points, definitley made me think and added some stuff to what I know about Aid and it's effects and it's history and all the motivations. <br/><br/>A bit repetitive/not super captivatively written at times..but that's ok.<br/><br/>Am...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67295040">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Mar 27 06:32:41 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Mar 27 06:33:28 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's an interesting book filled with ideas I don't agree with. Nonetheless, it's important to read those who differ than us.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Apr 16 18:35:26 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Definitely one of the top three political economy books I've read.  Ms. Moyo does a great job of dividing out the various types of aid and their relative ineffectiveness.  <br/><br/>Two things:<br/><br/>I think she's way off base with her arguments about China<br/>She doesn't cite de Soto enoug...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50521463">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-03-26/is-angelina-bad-for-africa" title="http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-03-26/is-angelina-bad-for-africa">http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-s...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[there might be a newer version out]]></body>
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