The economist's tale : a consultant encounters hunger and the World Bank /: a consultant encounters hunger and the World Bank. ([2015?])
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- The economist's tale : a consultant encounters hunger and the World Bank /: a consultant encounters hunger and the World Bank. ([2015?])
- Main Title:
- The economist's tale : a consultant encounters hunger and the World Bank
- Further Information:
- Note: Peter Griffiths.
- Other Names:
- Griffiths, Peter, 1943-
- Contents:
- Front Cover; About this Book; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword: Is the Story True?; The Task Ahead; Meeting the Minister; The Expats; Meeting the Officials ; The Casablanca; Exchange Rates; The United Nations; Doing Business in Freetown; Finding the Facts; The Casablanca; The Weekend; In the Markets; Vanishing Rice; Military Coups; Planning My Expedition; Alarm at the World Bank; Into the Interior; Visiting the Projects; The Resthouse; More Projects; The University; Trekking On; Finding the Facts; The Southern Province; Colonialism; Home Again; Financing the System. What Happened to the MoneyFreetown; Getting Information; How Civil Servants Survive; Trickle Down; How Much Food is There?; The World Bank Reform; Cash Flow Problems; The Agricultural Marketing Board; Of Coups and Rumours of Coups; How Much Rice is Imported?; Who Will Import?; How Do I Get Action?; The Casablanca; Cabinet Paper; Getting it to the Decision-makers; Handing it Over; On Trek Again .; Mother Theresa; Waiting for Action; The Marketing Board; A Sundowner; Revisiting the Importers; A Second Cabinet Paper; Dishonest Expatriates; Alerting the World Food Programme; Breaking the Rules. The ShowdownAnd Then What?; Glossary; Back Cover.
- Publisher Details:
- London : Zed Books
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Copyright Date:
- 2003
- Extent:
- 1 online resource, illustrations
- Subjects:
- 338.9109664
Food supply -- Sierra Leone
Economic assistance -- Sierra Leone
Economists -- Diaries
Development studies
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General
Economic assistance
Economic history
Economists
Food supply
Nahrungsmittelhilfe
Wirtschaftliche Lage
Wirtschaftshilfe
Ontwikkelingssamenwerking
Voedselvoorziening
Sierra Leone -- Economic conditions -- 1961-
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
Electronic books
Diaries
Sierra Leone - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781783607822
1783607823
9781783607815
1783607815
9781783607839 - Related ISBNs:
- 1842771841
9781842771846
184277185X
9781842771853 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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- Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.649379
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