The looting machine / Tom Burgis

Públic ISBD Títol : The looting machine : Warlords, tycoons, smugglers and the systematic theft of Africa's wealth Tipus de document : text imprès Autors : Tom Burgis, Autor Editorial : Madrid : Harper Collins Ibérica Data de publicació : 2015 Nombre de pàgines : 324 p. Dimensions : 19,5 cm ISBN/ISSN/DL : 978-0-00-752310-8 Idioma : Anglès (eng) Matèries : Àfrica -- Condicions econòmiques Àfrica -- Influència colonial Àfrica -- Relacions econòmiques exteriors -- Europa Resum : In his first book, The Looting Machine, Tom Burgis exposes the truth about the African development miracle: for the resource states, it's a mirage. The oil, copper, diamonds, gold and coltan deposits attract a global network of traders, bankers, corporate extractors and investors who combine with venal political cabals to loot the states' value. And the vagaries of resource-dependent economies could pitch Africa's new middle class back into destitution just as quickly as they climbed out of it. The ground beneath their feet is as precarious as a Congolese mine shaft; their prosperity could spill away like crude from a busted pipeline. Permalink : http://cataleg.xarxabibliosocials.org/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=4 The looting machine : Warlords, tycoons, smugglers and the systematic theft of Africa's wealth [text imprès] / Tom Burgis, Autor . - Madrid : Harper Collins Ibérica, 2015 . - 324 p. ; 19,5 cm. ISBN : 978-0-00-752310-8 Idioma : Anglès (eng) Matèries : Àfrica -- Condicions econòmiques Àfrica -- Influència colonial Àfrica -- Relacions econòmiques exteriors -- Europa Resum : In his first book, The Looting Machine, Tom Burgis exposes the truth about the African development miracle: for the resource states, it's a mirage. The oil, copper, diamonds, gold and coltan deposits attract a global network of traders, bankers, corporate extractors and investors who combine with venal political cabals to loot the states' value. And the vagaries of resource-dependent economies could pitch Africa's new middle class back into destitution just as quickly as they climbed out of it. The ground beneath their feet is as precarious as a Congolese mine shaft; their prosperity could spill away like crude from a busted pipeline. Permalink : http://cataleg.xarxabibliosocials.org/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=4

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