00853 2200157 4500245010300000020001800103100002000121650001500141650001200156005001900168260004300187041001200230084002200242300002600264500040500290 aLords of poverty b : the power, prestige, and corruption of the international aid businesshText a9780871134691 aHancock, Graham aCorruption aPoverty a20071129161311 aNew YorkbAtlantic Monthly Pressc1994 aEnglish a338.9/1/091724 20 axvi, 234 p. :c22 cm. aLords of Poverty is a case study in betrayals of a public trust. The shortcomings of aid are numerous, and serious enough to raise questions about the viability of the practice at its most fundamental levels. Hancocks report is thorough, deeply shocking, and certain to cause critical reevaluation of the governments motives in giving foreign aid, and of the true needs of our intended beneficiaries.