Lords of Poverty: The Free-wheeling Lifestyles, Power, Prestige and Corruption of the Multi-billion Dollar Aid BusinessMacmillan London, 1989 - 234 pages A critical study of the aid industry that is currently channelling $50,000 million a year into the Third World. Graham Hancock argues that this multi-billion dollar "aid" has financed monstrous projects that, at vast expense, have devastated the environment and ruined lives. |
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PART TWO Development Incorporated | 35 |
PART THREE The Aristocracy of Mercy | 77 |
PART FOUR The Midas Touch III | 111 |
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