Argues that international aid sent to developing African nations has not helped and contends that the money has led to corrupt governments and dependent citizens.

"Originally published in 2009 by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, Great Britain, as: Dead aid : why aid is not working and how there is another way for Africa"--Title page verso. "Published in the United States in 2009 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. First American paperback edition, 2010"--Title page verso.

The World of aid -- The Myth of aid -- A Brief history of aid -- Aid is not working -- The Silent killer of growth -- A World without aid -- The Republic of Dongo -- A Radical rethink of the aid-dependency model -- A Capital solution -- The Chinese are our friends -- Let's trade -- Banking on the unbankable -- Dongo revisited -- Making development happen.