How long does it take to read Dead Aid?
Dambisa Moyo
Dead Aid by Dambisa Moyo takes about 3 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 27 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2009. 188 pages, about 51,700 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 45 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 27 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 9 minutes |
The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In "Dead Aid," Dambisa Moyo describes the state of postwar development policy in Africa that has channeled billions of dollars in aid but failed to reduce poverty and increase growth. He offers a new, more hopeful vision of how to address the desperate poverty that plagues millions.
Subjects: Poor, Economic assistance, Wirtschaftshilfe, Entwicklungshilfe, Economic conditions, Wirtschaftsentwicklung
