Dead Aid: The real reason behind the West helping Africa

Why international aid meant to help doesn?t, and what can be done about it

Western financing only worsens Africa's development prospects. In 2009, Zambian economist and former World Bank consultant Dambisa Moyo defined such assistance as "dead aid."

Following the rise to power of a new generation of African leaders and the creation of the Alliance of Sahel States, Africa's sovereign economi