CHARLIE ROSE: Your thesis in [your new book] \u201cDead Aid\u201d\u009d is?<\/p>\n
DAMBISA MOYO: My thesis is two parts. Essentially first of all a critique of the billion dollar government to government aid packages that have gone to Africa, now totaling over a trillion dollars in the past 60 years. But the second half of the book which I consider actually more important, is, are the prescriptions for actually getting Africa on track to achieve long-term economic development and become an equal partner in the global stage.<\/p>\n
CHARLIE ROSE: And aid is preventing that?<\/p>\n
DAMBISA MOYO: Absolutely. The types of aid that I\u2019m talking about, I\u2019m not talking about humanitarian or emergency aid, sort of the aid that goes for tsunami, for example. Nor am I talking about NGO or charitable aid which is relatively small beer. I myself sit on the board of a number of charities. But I think it\u2019s important where charities are concerned to understand what they can and cannot do. So they can provide Band-Aid solutions. So we can send a girl to school for example, but they cannot deliver long-term economic development growth and growth or alleviate poverty on the level that we want to see across the continent.<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a> or if you prefer you may watch the video here<\/a>. CHARLIE ROSE: Your thesis in [your new book] \u201cDead Aid\u201d\u009d is? DAMBISA MOYO: My thesis is two parts. Essentially first of all a critique of the billion dollar government to government aid packages that have gone to Africa, now totaling…<\/span><\/p>\n
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