The economist's tale : a consultant encounters hunger and the world bank /

What really happens when the World Bank imposes its policies on a country? This is an insider's view of one aid-made crisis. Peter Griffiths was at the interface between government and the Bank. In this ruthlessly honest, day by day account of a mission he undertook in Sierra Leone, he uses hi...

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Autore principale: Griffiths, Peter
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Pubblicazione: London : Zed Books, c2003.
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