Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- THE BIGGER PICTURE Why should developing countries escape aid dependence? -- Is aid what it says it is? -- OECD's definition of development aid -- What is development? -- Aid taxonomy -- A litany of false questions and solutions -- Conclusion -- CASE HISTORIES The consequences of aid dependence -- Red Aid - the poisoned chalice -- Structural adjustment: Zambia 1978-2002 -- Structural adjustment: Zimbabwe 1980-97 -- Other cases -- Conclusion and postscript -- AN EXIT STRATEGY Seven steps to end aid dependence -- Introduction -- The national project -- What creates aid dependence? -- Seven steps to end aid dependence -- THE INTERNATIONAL AID ARCHITECTURE Structures, processes and issues -- The international aid architecture -- Restructuring the architecture: parallelism and reform -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS The future of aid -- South Centre -- Fahamu -- Index -- About the author -- Back Cover.