THE DEVELOPMENT MYTH

Authors

  • Rasna Warah

Abstract

In this essay, Rasna Warah argues that advocates of more aid to Africa fail to address social and historical injustices that are among the root causes of poverty and under-development in the continent. The author provides a much-needed African perspective on the development industry, and discusses why it has failed so miserably in lifting millions of people out of poverty.

Author Biography

Rasna Warah

Rasna Warah, a former editor with UN-HABITAT, is a respected columnist with Kenya's largest newspaper, the Daily Nation. Ms. Warah graduated from Malmö University's ComDev Master in 2004 and has since edited the anthology Missionaries, Mercenaries and Misfits (AuthorHouse, 2008). She has also written a book on Asians in Kenya entitled Triple Heritage: A Journey to Self-doscovery. Her ComDev thesis, "Divided City: Information Poverty in Nairobi's Slums", was published by NORDICOM, Goteburg University, in 2005.

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Published

2010-05-01

Issue

No. 14 (2010)

Section

Articles