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Synopsis
This book argues that following the dictates of the IMF/World Bank has prevented Mozambique from rebuilding itself, and asks whether aid can ameliorate the distortions imposed by these organizations. The author explains the donorcase, and considers what lessons there are for other African countries which must follow Mozambique's experience - Liberia, Rwanda, Zaire, Somalia, Sudan and Angola. Where is the boom which should have followed the end ofMozambique's war? Can aid ameliorate the distortions imposed by the IMF JOSEPH HANLON has published a number of influential and provocative books on Mozambique Published in association with the International African Institute
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Review
The Mozambique news agency AIM reported that on a visit to Mozambique in February 1997 the World Bank president, James Wolfensohn 'had friendly words to say about one of the harshest critics of the Bank's policies towards Mozambique, writer and journalist... he does a very good job of combining his own interviews, thorough reading of the work of other researchers (including that of Mozambican scholars) and concise presentation of difficult ideas to construct a compelling sense of the senselessness of dono... it looks set to play a significant part in debates about the course of Mozambican politics and development. Like his earlier work, Peace without Profit eschews academic analysis for a readable and polemical journalism. Straightforward and easy
About the Author
JOSEPH HANLON has published influential and provocative books on Mozambique and the battle against apartheid in southern Africa such as Beggar Your Neighbours and Mozambique: Who Calls the Shots?
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