Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on the Text; Map of Ethiopia; Introduction: For Richer, for Poorer; I. THEN; II. TRANSITIONS; III. NOW; IV. PROSPECTS; Select Bibliography; Index
Summary
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 i
