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African Arguments : Congo Masquerade : The Political Culture of Aid Inefficiency Null Failure

Paperback • 2011 • Norwegian Bokmål

African Arguments : Congo Masquerade : The Political Culture of Aid Inefficiency Null Failure

By Theodore Trefon

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Congo Masquerade is about mismanagement, hypocrisy and powerlessness in what has proved to be one of Africa's most troublesome and volatile states. In this scathing study of catastrophic aid inefficiency, Trefon argues that whilst others have examined war and plunder in the Great Lakes region, none have yet evaluated the imported 'template format' reform package pieced together to introduce democracy and improve the well-being of ordinary Congolese. It has, the book demonstrates, been for years ...Show more

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9781848138377

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London, GBR : Zed Books

Published year

2011

Language

Norwegian Bokmål

Original title

African Arguments : Congo Masquerade : The Political Culture of Aid Inefficiency Null Failure

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Paperback

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