Congo Masquerade The Forever Desert tallying what we lose when

tallying what we lose when we buy into the zero-sum paradigm—the idea that progress for some of us must come at the expense of others

as the white lie she told snowballs into an avalanche

Her mom showed them how to think for themselves

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Publication Date: July 13

Congo Masquerade The Forever Desert tallying what we lose whenCongo Masquerade is about mismanagement, hypocrisy and powerlessness in what has proved to be one of Africa's most troublesome and volatile states. In this scathing study of catastrophic aid inefficiency, Trefon argues that whilst others have examined war and plunder in the Great Lakes region, none have yet evaluated the imported 'template format' reform package pieced together to introduce democracy and improve the well being of ordinary Congolese.