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Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 317 pages; Physical desc. : xxix, 317 p ; 22 cm. Subject: Economic assistance --International economic relations.
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- PublisherNew York : Pantheon Books
- Publication date1973
- ISBN 10 0394481976
- ISBN 13 9780394481975
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
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From Aid to Re-Colonization: Lessons of a Failure
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Pantheon Books, New York, 1973
ISBN 10: 0394481976
ISBN 13: 9780394481975
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Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. xxiv+317 pages with appendix and index. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's green cloth with black and red lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. Second printing. Mende, a former senior United Nations official, likens aid to an artichoke: attractive in its bloom, but many leafy layers guard the edible portion. Once peeled, Mende finds that the $13.5 billion in aid that the ""rich nations"" officially claimed to have given in 1969 actually amounts to only perhaps $3 billion, or one-tenth their domestic advertising expenditures. Moreover this $3 billion is quickly devoured by repayment of the underdeveloped countries' debts, so that in 1969 Latin America repaid $87 for every $100 borrowed, and by 1977 will pay $130 for every $100. Mende concludes that, ignoring the obvious intent of military aid, economic assistance is mostly ""trade promotion, or devoured by debt servicing, remittance of profits, and capital flight."" The problem is compounded by the lack of industrial and educational infrastructure, and by corruption, arms buildups, the ""brain drain,"" and the poor countries' elites, who willingly cooperate with their nations' exploiters. Mende sees no hope for significant change in rich-poor nations' dealings, no hope for any ""Alliance for Progress"" schemes or even for an increase in ordinary aid. His solution is heavily colored with peasant populism: the poor nations should repudiate their present ties with the rich; teachers and priests should ""awaken the political consciousness and dignity of the people,"" while ""in the rich countries people in revolt against mechanical commercialism and against money. . .may seek liberating change for both sides."" Mende suggests that rich-nation scientists create and administer private development funds to research problems of the have-nots. His success in pinpointing the major failure of aid -- it frequently produces obverse results and leads to ""recolonization"" -- is offset by the confused, dubious, and weakly stated conclusion and prescription. Condition: Former library copy. Edges lightly sunned, "Discard" stamped on front end paper. Jacket corners lightly chipped else a very good copy in a near fine copy. Seller Inventory # BOOKS003965
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From Aid to Re-Colonization: Lessons of a Failure
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ISBN 10: 0394481976
ISBN 13: 9780394481975
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. xxx, 317 p. The author contends that aid policies of the advanced industrialized nations have failed - that was how it looked in 1973. Seller Inventory # 001506
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hardcover, Condition: Very Good, Pantheon NY c.1973, stated 1st. but code #2, 8vo. cloth, 317pp. ex-lib.- sp label, bkplte., pocket, stamps, VG/VG $. Seller Inventory # 39631
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From aid to re-colonization: lessons of a failure
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.55. Seller Inventory # G0394481976I3N10
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From Aid to Re-Colonization: Lessons of a Failure
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Pantheon Books, 1973. Very good. , Hardcover, Text clean. 317 pages. No dust jacket. Out-of-print and antiquarian booksellers since 1933. We pack and ship with care. Book. Seller Inventory # LINCBOOK029787
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Pantheon Books, 1973. Very good. , Hardcover, Clean, tight, in dust jacket. 317 pages. Out-of-print and antiquarian booksellers since 1933. We pack and ship with care. Book. Seller Inventory # LINCBOOK025884
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From Aid to Re-Colonization: Lessons of a Failure
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Pantheon Books, 1973. Very good. , Hardcover, Clean, tight, in dust jacket. 317 pages. Out-of-print and antiquarian booksellers since 1933. We pack and ship with care. Book. Seller Inventory # LINCBOOK025885
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From Aid to Re-Colonization
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Pantheon, New York, 1973
ISBN 10: 0394481976
ISBN 13: 9780394481975
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good ++. First American. SUBTITLED : ` Lessons of a Failure ' LEARN more about : political institutions, non-Communist industrial powers, unemployment, yardstick of progress, and Simon Kuznets. 317 pages - INDEX at back. Tabular data on `aids flows' in second appendix. Appendix 1 is 12 pages long and speaks to the Communist model. The author is Hungarian and spent considerable time at the UN. UNillustrated. Cond : Boards are green with black lettering. White end-papers. D.J. is green with red (and black) lettering. Volume is tight, bright, square, and clean in all ASPECTS. Very good world politics refernce. Quote (p. 190) : " ._._. too frequent conviction that anything worth producing must fit into the consumption patterns of foreign markets or of local minorities who have acquired foreign tastes, and begin to order their priorities in light of what is most ._._._. . " Size: Octavo. Seller Inventory # 013046
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