Dead famous books1/3/2023 ![]() ![]() Beginning with his time at (and escape from) gladiator school we follow Spartacus into the crater of Vesuviu, where he amasses his slave army. The world of the Empire and life in Thrace (modern-day Bulgaria) form the backdrop to this incredible tale. ![]() From camping out in a volcano with his army to dealing with pirates, Spartacus' story is full of surprises. Now you can read the inside story in Spartacus' secret diary, ctch up on all the latest battle results in The Daily Gladius, and find out how to keep the mighty Roman Empire at bay with just few trusty followers and a cunning plan. And it is a clarion call to a new, more hopeful vision of how to address the desperate poverty that plagues millions.You've probably heard of Spartacus.He is dead famous for: *being quite a good gladiator *giving the Romans the run-around *looking an awful lot like Kirk Douglas But have you heard that Spartacus: *fought for the Romans as well as against them *once camped his army of rebel slaves inside a volcano *cut a deal with a bunch of double-crossing pirates Yes, even though he's dead, Spartacus is still full of surprises. Provocatively drawing a sharp contrast between African countries that have rejected the aid route and prospered and others that have become aid-dependent and seen poverty increase, Moyo illuminates the way in which overreliance on aid has trapped developing nations in a vicious circle of aid dependency, corruption, market distortion, and further poverty, leaving them with nothing but the “need” for more aid.ĭebunking the current model of international aid, Moyo offers a bold new road map for financing development of the world’s poorest countries that guarantees economic growth and a significant decline in poverty-without reliance on foreign aid or aid-related assistance.ĭead Aid is an unsettling yet optimistic work, a powerful challenge to the assumptions and arguments that support a profoundly misguided development policy in Africa. In fact, poverty levels continue to escalate and growth rates have steadily declined-and millions continue to suffer. In Dead Aid, Dambisa Moyo describes the state of postwar development policy in Africa today and unflinchingly confronts one of the greatest myths of our time: that billions of dollars in aid sent from wealthy countries to developing African nations has helped to reduce poverty and increase growth. In fact, across the continent, the recipients of this aid are not better off as a result of it, but worse-much worse. ![]() Has this assistance improved the lives of Africans? No. In the past fifty years, more than $1 trillion in development-related aid has been transferred from rich countries to Africa. Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa ![]()
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