The question is what, and this is Moyo's contribution.

It is because everyone knows that things aren't quite right, and that something must be done. It isn't just the archipelago of degrees (the chemistry BSc from Lusaka, Zambia, the MBA in finance from American University in Washington DC, the masters from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, the PhD in economics from Oxford) or the high-profile jobs (as consultant at the World Bank, then as head of economic research and strategy for sub-Saharan Africa at Goldman Sachs, until about a month ago) or the fact that in a time when there has been a general bemoaning of the lack of big-idea books from women this is a big-idea book from an African woman, a vanishingly small number of whom are ever heard from at all - although all of these play a part. Many people will disagree vociferously with her many will think she is being recklessly contrarian - but, as Collier pointed out, they cannot easily dismiss her. Paul Collier, a former mentor whose theories about the effects of geography and resources on economic growth she draws on, began his review of Dead Aid by comparing her to Dutch feminist Ayaan Hirsi Ali, whose critique of Islam has forced her into hiding. A piece she wrote on the subject in a national newspaper drew responses from policy directors of three major charities. Rwandan government ministers read her book and asked her to come to talk to them she is about to fly out there.

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