Big Aid vs. Dead Aid

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CATO's Doug Bandow highlights a report in the Financial Times describing how a coalition of foreign aid groups are mobilizing to attack Dambisa Moyo, author of the book Dead Aid:

A swell of opposition is building in the aid world to a new protagonist who has thrown down a strident challenge to the rock stars and liberal economists who have long dominated debate over foreign assistance to developing countries.

Galled by the ease with which Dambisa Moyo, a Zambian economist and former investment banker, has risen to prominence this year, activists are circulating detailed critiques of her ideas and mass mailing African non-government organisations to mobilise support against her.

Read Heather Wilhelm's review of Dead Aid for RCW here.

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