Bolton, Giles. Poor Story: An Insider Discovers How Globalization And Good Intentions Have Failed The World's Poor. Ontario: Key Porter Books Unlimited, 2007.
In this book Giles Bolton searches for answers as to why, after numerous decades of facing poverty, Africa has countries that are amongst the poorest and hungriest in the entire world. Mr. Bolton searches where all this aid is going to and discovers that the money and food that is sent to Africa, does not usually reach its intended target. Mr. Bolton finds that within Africa, there is a problem with the political system that prevents the neediest of population to obtain these essential resources.
Pomerantz, Phyllis R. Aid Effectiveness In Africa: Developing Trust Between Donors And Governments. Maryland: Lexington Books, 2004.
Phyllis R. Pomerantz discusses one of the main issues as to why aid and food in Africa is curtailed from the intended targets is because we lack the knowledge of the political and cultural diversity within Africa. Pomerantz argues that the method that we are doing right now, throwing money at the problem, is not working because it is not used to support the hopeless but to benefit wars. Pomerantz argues that not regulating these supplies allows countries to fund their wars and feed their soldiers while agitating the problem even further. Pomerantz argues that we need to regulate where the supplies we send to Africa go to to ensure that the intended population receives the goods.
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