Tropical Gangsters - One Man's Experience With Development And Decadence In Deepest Africa (Paperback, New ed)


Armed with his surfboard and a $10-million-dollar loan from the World Bank, Robert Klitgaard, a Harvard-trained economist, arrived in Equatorial Guinea, eager to rehabilitate its ruined economy. Tropical Gangsters is his fascinating and compelling account of his two-and-a-half-year adventure and an insightful look at why foreign aid so often fails. Selected as one of the sx best nonfiction books of 1990 by The New York Times Book Review.

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Armed with his surfboard and a $10-million-dollar loan from the World Bank, Robert Klitgaard, a Harvard-trained economist, arrived in Equatorial Guinea, eager to rehabilitate its ruined economy. Tropical Gangsters is his fascinating and compelling account of his two-and-a-half-year adventure and an insightful look at why foreign aid so often fails. Selected as one of the sx best nonfiction books of 1990 by The New York Times Book Review.

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Product Details

General

Imprint

BasicBooks

Country of origin

United States

Release date

July 1991

Availability

Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

First published

July 1991

Authors

Dimensions

229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback

Pages

281

Edition

New ed

ISBN-13

978-0-465-08760-0

Barcode

9780465087600

Categories

LSN

0-465-08760-4



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