"Dead Aid" QQC pages 48-68

Please post your detailed QQC on the above pages here before class on Friday

In class assignment for Monday.

You are going to continue your analysis of articles written on aid to Africa during this period. You are urged to further study in-depth perspectives on foreign aid to Africa by reading the following articles: New York Times Review “Aid Can it Work” http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2006/oct/05/aid-can-it-work/?page=1 , the Wall Street Journal article “Why Foreign Aid is hurting Africa” http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123758895999200083.html and the Newsweek review “Helping Africa Save itself" http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2009/06/26/helping-africa-save-itself.html Once you have read the articles you are going to write your own news article on foreign aid that is basically a reaction paper that identifies the pundits (someone who offers to mass media his or her opinion or commentary on a particular subject area) with whom you agree most closely and why. This is now your time to show that you have an opinion on how aid to Africa should be approached and that you have understand the complexities of the practice for both those lending and those receiving the aid. The news article should also focus on your readings in “Dead Aid” and must be posted below before class on Wednesday.

QQC for pages 29-47 of "Dead Aid"

After reading pages 29-47 of the book, post a detailed QQC (Quote, Question, Comment)on this material. This needs to be posted below by 8:00am Monday 4/22.

"Dead Aid" -Reading Questions pages 3-28-

After reading and annotating pages 3-28 of the book, please post responses to the following questions: 1. Describe “emergency aid” mentioned by Moyo and if she think that this is effective? 2. Explain how Moyo breaks down post-war aid into her “seven broad categories” Why does she think aid granted to Europe after WWII worked better there than it would in Africa today? 3. Why does Moyo think Africa was “ripe for aid” by the end of the 1950’s? 4. How did the US and USSR compete in Africa during the Cold War? Explain your answer. 5. According to “Dead Aid”, why did Britain and France start aiding African countries after the flood of independence on the continent in the 1950’s and 1960’s? 6. How did the 1973 oil embargo cause a deterioration of poor African economies? 7. What did the IMF do in the developing world in the 1980’s to stave off an economic meltdown brought on by the 1979 oil crisis? Do you think Moyo is suggesting that this helped the situation in Africa? Why or why not? 8. How did the end of the Cold War in the 1990’s affect the “aid agenda for the continent?”