The Crisis Caravan: What's Wrong with Humanitarian Aid?

by Linda Polman

Book Overview

A no-holds-barred, controversial expos? of the financial profiteering and ambiguous ethics that pervade the world of humanitarian aid A vast industry has grown up around humanitarian aid: a cavalcade of organizations-some 37,000-compete for a share of the $160 billion annual prize, with "fact-inflation" sometimes ramping up disaster coverage to draw in more funds. Insurgents and warring governments, meanwhile, have made aid a permanent feature of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805092900
• ISBN13: 9780805092905
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Metropolitan Books
• Length: 229 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.5"