I'm a pretty big fan of Dr. Easterly. I follow his blog, www.aidwatchers.com fairly closely (i.e. every day). He suggested this book a while back and it looks interesting.
The Company of Strangers: A Natural History of Economic Life by Paul Seabright |
"The United Nations would hold conferences on ways to enhance international cooperation in shirt-making…committees of bishops and pop stars would periodically remind us that a shirt on one’s back is a human right. The humanitarian organizations Couturiers sans Frontieres would airlift supplies to sartorially challenged regions of the world…the columns of newspapers would resound with arguments over priorities and needs. In the cacophony I wonder whether I would still have been able to buy my shirt. (p. 18)"
I know it is not exclusively about Africa, but I think it applies enough.
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