In this day-by-day account of a mission he undertook in Sierra Leone in 1986, he tells the story of how the World Bank, obsessed with the free market, imposed a secret agreement on the government, banning all government food imports or subsidies. Peter Griffiths was at the interface between government and the Bank. What really happens when the World Bank
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- Title : The Economist's Tale: A Consultant Encounters Hunger and the World Bank
- Author : Peter Griffiths
- Rating : 4.58 (285 Vote)
- Publish : 2016-8-4
- Format : Paperback
- Pages : 272 Pages
- Asin : 184277185X
- Language : English
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