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Title: If you care about Africa look elsewhere
Review: The author (mostly) writes about himself, and his plush life as an UN diplomat. His style is poor, his insights are predictable.There are so many books which could bring you understanding of this magnificent continent as Martin Meredith "The Fate of Africa" (history of every country on the continent since independence) or books by Kapuscinsky, if you want to understand how ordinary people live in Africa, rather than how wrong and dismal politics is made.There are few interesting observations World Bank envoy makes concerning how wrong international help could go. He points out that unconditional help makes things worse. He gives several revealing examples how undertakings supposed to bring good, make more misery instead.
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