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Famine and Foreigners: Ethiopia Since Live Aid

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Oxford University Press, Jul 8, 2010 - Business & Economics - 304 pages
The terrible 1984 famine in Ethiopia focused the world's attention on the country and the issue of aid as never before. Anyone over the age of 30 remembers something of the events - if not the original TV pictures, then Band Aid and Live Aid, Geldof and Bono. Peter Gill was the first journalist to reach the epicentre of the famine and one of the TV reporters who brought the tragedy to light. This book is the story of what happened to Ethiopia in the 25 years following Live Aid: theplace, the people, the westerners who have tried to help, and the wider multinational aid business that has come into being. We saved countless lives in the beginning and continued to save them now, but have we done much else to transform the lives of Ethiopia's poor and set them on a 'development'course that will enable the country to do without us?
  

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User Review  - Malvin - Goodreads

Based on a journalist's experience and account of the current state in Ethiopia since the 1984 famine that brought global attention, triggering initiatives like Band Aid, Live Aid and USA for Africa ... Read full review

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User Review  - Charles Lindsey - Goodreads

An illuminating report from a beat reporter whose beat is Ethiopian famine. I benefited from Gill's knowledge of the peoples, politicians, and geography of Ethiopia, and his dogged attempts to be fair ... Read full review

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Contents

Acknowledgements
Note on the Text
IntroductionFor Richer for Poorer
ITHEN
Chapter 1Return to Korem
Chapter 2The Famine Trail
Chapter 3Hunger as a Weapon
Chapter 4Rebels with a Cause
IIINOW
Chapter 82005 and All That
Chapter 9Down with Democracy?
Chapter 10Free Association
Chapter 11Pastoral Affairs
IVPROSPECTS
Chapter 12Spoiling the Party
Chapter 13Enter the Dragon

IITRANSITIONS
Chapter 5Economic Warfare
Chapter 6How to Prevent a Famine
Chapter 7Population Matters
Chapter 14Us and Them
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