The Trouble with Africa: Why Foreign Aid Isn't Working

After years of frustration at the stifling atmosphere of political correctness surrounding discussions of Africa long time World Bank official Robert Calderisi speaks out. He boldly reveals how most of Africas misfortunes are self-imposed and why the world must now deal differently with the continent. . Here we learn that Africa has steadily lost markets by its own mismanagement that even capitalist countries are anti-business that African family values and fatalism are more destructive than tribalism and that African leaders prey intentionally on Western guilt. Calderisi exposes the shortcomings of foreign aid and debt relief and proposes his own radical solutions. . Drawing on thirty years of first hand experience The Trouble with Africa highlights issues which have been ignored by Africas leaders but have worried ordinary Africans diplomats academics business leaders aid workers volunteers and missionaries for a long time. It ripples with stories which only someone who has talked directly to African farmers--and heads of state--could recount. . Calderisis aim is to move beyond the hand-wringing and finger-pointing which dominates most discussions of Africa. Instead he suggests concrete steps which Africans and the world can take to liberate talent and enterprise on the continent.