Dead Aid
Title | Dead Aid PDF eBook |
Author | Dambisa Moyo |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Total Pages | 209 |
Release | 2009-03-17 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0374139563 |
Debunking the current model of international aid promoted by both Hollywood celebrities and policy makers, Moyo offers a bold new road map for financing development of the world's poorest countries.
The Aid Trap
Title | The Aid Trap PDF eBook |
Author | R. Glenn Hubbard |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | 217 |
Release | 2009-08-31 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0231519508 |
Over the past twenty years more citizens in China and India have raised themselves out of poverty than anywhere else at any time in history. They accomplished this through the local business sector the leading source of prosperity for all rich countries. In most of Africa and other poor regions the business sector is weak, but foreign aid continues to fund government and NGOs. Switching aid to the local business sector in order to cultivate a middle class is the oldest, surest, and only way to eliminate poverty in poor countries. A bold fusion of ethics and smart business, The Aid Trap shows how the same energy, goodwill, and money that we devote to charity can help local business thrive. R. Glenn Hubbard and William Duggan, two leading scholars in business and finance, demonstrate that by diverting a major share of charitable aid into the local business sector of poor countries, citizens can take the lead in the growth of their own economies. Although the aid system supports noble goals, a local well-digging company cannot compete with a foreign charity that digs wells for free. By investing in that local company a sustainable system of development can take root.
How the West was Lost
Title | How the West was Lost PDF eBook |
Author | Dambisa Moyo |
Publisher | Penguin UK |
Total Pages | 300 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0141042419 |
This book charts how over the last 50 years the most advanced and advantaged countries of the world have squandered their dominant position through a sustained catalogue of fundamentally flawed economic policies.
Damned Nations
Title | Damned Nations PDF eBook |
Author | Samantha Nutt |
Publisher | McClelland & Stewart |
Total Pages | 242 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Children and war |
ISBN | 077105145X |
The extraordinary humanitarian Samantha Nutt gives a bracing and uncompromising account of her work in some of the most devastated corners of the world - and a new, provocative vision for changing course on growing militarisation. It is a brilliant distillation of Dr Nutt's observations over the course of 15 years providing hands-on care in some of the world's most violent flashpoints. Combining original research with her personal story, it is a deeply thoughtful meditation on war as it is being waged around the world against millions of civilians.
Edge of Chaos
Title | Edge of Chaos PDF eBook |
Author | Dambisa Moyo |
Publisher | Basic Books |
Total Pages | 320 |
Release | 2018-04-24 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0465097472 |
From an internationally acclaimed economist, a provocative call to jump-start economic growth by aggressively overhauling liberal democracy Around the world, people who are angry at stagnant wages and growing inequality have rebelled against established governments and turned to political extremes. Liberal democracy, history's greatest engine of growth, now struggles to overcome unprecedented economic headwinds--from aging populations to scarce resources to unsustainable debt burdens. Hobbled by short-term thinking and ideological dogma, democracies risk falling prey to nationalism and protectionism that will deliver declining living standards. In Edge of Chaos, Dambisa Moyo shows why economic growth is essential to global stability, and why liberal democracies are failing to produce it today. Rather than turning away from democracy, she argues, we must fundamentally reform it. Edge of Chaos presents a radical blueprint for change in order to galvanize growth and ensure the survival of democracy in the twenty-first century.
Winner Take All
Title | Winner Take All PDF eBook |
Author | Dambisa Moyo |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Total Pages | 248 |
Release | 2012-05-29 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1443407429 |
Newspaper headlines and media commentators scream warnings of the impending doom nearly every day—shortages of arable land, clashes over water, and the political Armageddon as global demand for energy in the form of fossil fuels far outstrips any possible supply. The picture painted is bleak, and the possible impact of commodities markets on how we live is far-reaching, but our grasp of the details and the mega shifts in the commodity space remains blurred. There’s so much noise surrounding resource scarcity and China’s emerging dominance in commodities that we risk complacency. Overturning our assumptions, bestselling author Dambisa Moyo charts the commodity dynamics that the world will face over the next several decades, and the implications of China’s rush for resources across all regions of the world, from Africa to Latin America, from North America to Europe to Australia.
How Boards Work
Title | How Boards Work PDF eBook |
Author | Dambisa Moyo |
Publisher | Basic Books |
Total Pages | 304 |
Release | 2021-05-04 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1541619412 |
A New York Times bestselling author and veteran board member offers an insider's view of corporate boards, their struggles, and why they must adapt to survive. Corporate boards are under great pressure. Scandals and malpractice at companies like Theranos, WeWork, Uber, and Wells Fargo have raised justified questions among regulators, shareholders, and the public about the quality of corporate governance. In How Boards Work, prizewinning economist and veteran board director Dambisa Moyo offers an insider's view of corporate boards as they are buffeted by the turbulence of our times. Moyo argues that corporations need boards that are more transparent, more knowledgeable, more diverse, and more deeply involved in setting the strategic course of the companies they lead. How Boards Work offers a road map for how boards can steer companies through tomorrow's challenges and ensure they thrive to benefit their employees, shareholders, and society at large.