Review: Tropical Gangsters: One Man's Experience with Development and Decadence in Deepest Africa
Avis d'utilisateur - Zakariah Johnson - GoodreadsThis is a very informative insider's critique of why international aid & development projects so often go so spectacularly wrong. Two major reasons: the recipients and the donors. While local ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Tropical Gangsters: One Man's Experience with Development and Decadence in Deepest Africa
Avis d'utilisateur - John - GoodreadsTravelogue meets developmental economics in a surprisingly easy read. I read this in college and I think it would be a stretch to say the book is about developmental economics in any academic sense. It is just his experiences in Equatorial Guinea as an IMF economist. Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Tropical Gangsters: One Man's Experience with Development and Decadence in Deepest Africa
Avis d'utilisateur - Seulky - GoodreadsReally 2.5 stars. Interesting topic. Chilling stories about corruption, but could have done without the surf and 'personal' stories - these stories seemed forced and out of place in a book dealing with serious issues. Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Tropical Gangsters: One Man's Experience with Development and Decadence in Deepest Africa
Avis d'utilisateur - Tricia Gonwa - GoodreadsOk. Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Tropical Gangsters: One Man's Experience with Development and Decadence in Deepest Africa
Avis d'utilisateur - Matt - GoodreadsEye-opening account of the difficulty of development in one of the world's poorest countries... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Tropical Gangsters: One Man's Experience with Development and Decadence in Deepest Africa
Avis d'utilisateur - GoodreadsWestern agencies, foreign experts, local culture and government.
Review: Tropical Gangsters: One Man's Experience with Development and Decadence in Deepest Africa
Avis d'utilisateur - GoodreadsOne of the best books I've read on development. This book brought me closer than any other to truly understanding the realities of development work. The narrative is wonderful and engaging.
Review: Tropical Gangsters: One Man's Experience with Development and Decadence in Deepest Africa
Avis d'utilisateur - Walt - GoodreadsI initially thought this book was about crime and criminals. But it is named after a song. It is the story of an ivy-league economist/ surfer who worked for the IMF in restructuring underdeveloped ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Tropical Gangsters: One Man's Experience with Development and Decadence in Deepest Africa
Avis d'utilisateur - GoodreadsI got this book for my 12th birthday. I still haven't figured out if my parents thought it was actually a fictional adventure story, or just that a book about economic development in Equatorial Guinea would be something I might enjoy. As it turned out, I did.
Review: Tropical Gangsters: One Man's Experience with Development and Decadence in Deepest Africa
Avis d'utilisateur - Jack - GoodreadsThis is a must read... You should hear my stories... Consulter l'avis complet
