I was rather underwhelmed by this book, which has somewhat blunt policy prescriptions (eg. stop accepting foreign aid, take chinese money, issue bonds, etc) for

I was rather underwhelmed by this book, which has somewhat blunt policy prescriptions (eg. stop accepting foreign aid, take chinese money, issue bonds, etc) for what probably deserves a more nuanced and considered approach. I think Shanta Devarajan's assessment of the book is spot on (this guy is the chief economist at the African world bank) - http://africacan.worldbank.org/a-partial-defense-of-dambisa-moyo%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Cdead-aid%E2%80%9D http://africacan.worldbank.org/a-partial-defense-of-dambisa-...