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Author Griffiths, Peter, 1943-

Title The economist's tale : a consultant encounters hunger and the World Bank / Peter Griffiths.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Zed Books ; New York : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave, 2003.

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 249 pages) : illustrations
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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
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Subject World Bank -- Sierra Leone.
World Bank.
Sierra Leone.
Weltbank.
Food supply -- Sierra Leone.
Food supply.
Economic assistance -- Sierra Leone.
Economic assistance.
Sierra Leone -- Economic conditions -- 1961-
Economic conditions.
Chronological Term 1961-
Subject Economists -- Diaries.
Economists.
Genre/Form Diaries.
Chronological Term Geschichte 1961-2002.
Since 1961
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Diaries.
Other Form: Print version: Griffiths, Peter, 1943- Economist's tale. London ; New York : Zed Books ; New York : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave, 2003 (DLC) 2002031144 (OCoLC)50292337
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