tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106276119700837306.post4395552827466470950..comments2011-03-22T01:01:45.792-07:00Comments on Double Negative: Fear and Loathing in AfricaArtful Aid Workerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12234446198270330641noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7106276119700837306.post-89420939541115973722010-01-07T00:59:55.463-08:002010-01-07T00:59:55.463-08:00There is another view of this. The whole enterpri...There is another view of this. The whole enterprise is a child-like tantrum because nobody would listen to her at the World Bank. With a CV like this:<br /><br />- MBA in Finance and Bachelors degree in Chemistry from American University;<br />- Harvard for her Masters in Public Administration;<br />- PhD from Oxford;<br />- Two years working with the World Bank; and<br />- A stint with Goldman Sachs.<br /><br />It is easy to imagine the mounting frustration encountered at the WB with the realisation that logic/good sense/accountability have little to do with the decisions; it's about politics and power!<br /><br />The book is simply a cry to "give me all the power to do as I think best". The usual reaction of a new-comer to the disfunctionality of the aid architecture. <br /><br />If the author got her wish and all the decision making power, I think it would be about a week before ‘the best thing to do’ required people being rounded-up in a football stadium.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com