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The terrible 1984 famine in Ethiopia focused the world's attention on the country and the issue of aid as never before. Anyone over the age of 30 remembers something of the events - if not the original TV pictures, then Band Aid and Live Aid, Geldof and Bono. Peter Gill was the first journalist to reach the epicentre of the famine and one of the TV reporters who brought the tragedy to light. This book is the story of what happened to Ethiopia in the 25 years following Live Aid: the place, the people, the westerners who have tried to help, and the wider multinational aid business that has come into being. We saved countless lives in the beginning and continue to save them now, but have we done much else to transform the lives of Ethiopia's poor and set them on a 'development' course that will enable the country to thrive?

Table of Contents:
Introduction: For Richer, for Poorer Part I: THEN 1: Return to Korem 2: The Famine Trail 3: Hunger as a Weapon 4: Rebels with a Cause Part II: TRANSITIONS 5: Economic Warfare 6: How to Prevent a Famine 7: Population Matters Part III: NOW 8: 2005 and All That 9: Down with Democracy? 10: Free Association 11: Pastoral Affairs Part IV: PROSPECTS 12: Spoiling the Party 13: Enter the Dragon 14: Us and Them

About the Author :
Peter Gill has specialised in developing world affairs for most of his career, an interest that began as a VSO teacher in Sudan and his first visit to Ethiopia in the 1960s. In the 1970s he was South Asia and Middle East Correspondent for The Daily Telegraph. For TV Eye and This Week, he made films in Afghanistan during the Soviet occupation, in Gaza and Lebanon, in South Africa under apartheid and in Uganda, Sudan, and Ethiopia during the famine years. He made Mr Famine for ITV about corruption at the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation and Clare's New World about Clare Short, DFID and its first White Paper Eliminating World Poverty. From 1999- 2003, he headed the India office of the BBC World Service Trust. His first project partnered Indian broadcasters in leprosy campaigning that brought 200,000 patients forward for cure, this led to a £5 million project on HIV/Aids awareness. He has is author of Drops in the Ocean, A Year in the Death of Africa and Body Count.

Review :
`Excellent ' William Easterly, New York Review of Books `Well-written and accessible book ' Economist `A thoughtful, well-informed and detached account ' Michael Holman, Literary Review `Thank God for great journalism. A book that strips away the cant and rumour a superb and vital piece of work ' Bob Geldof `No outsider understands Ethiopia better than Peter Gill. He combines compassion with a clinical commitment to the truth ' Jonathan Dimbleby `The essential book on Ethiopia, the world's crucible for hunger and poverty, and on development theory and practice ' Alex de Waal, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, and author of 'Famine Crimes' `Judicious analysis and a strong narrative. A must for all those who think there is a simple answer to the famine ' Michael Buerk


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780199644049
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press
  • Height: 215 mm
  • No of Pages: 304
  • Spine Width: 23 mm
  • Width: 135 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0199644047
  • Publisher Date: 16 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 364 gr


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