In this engaging, jargon-tree, reader-friendly guide, longtime aid worker and diplomat Giles Bolton offers his radical analysis of the problems Africa faces, drawing on years of experience on the ground. Dividing the book into five sections---poverty, aid, trade, globalization, and change---he analyzes the issues, breaking them down with helpful features like sidebars and bullet points, and humanizing them with stories about real people in Africa and anecdotes from his own years in the field.<BR><BR>Africa Doesn't Matter shows how the needs of African states exceed their budgets, leaving a gap for aid to fill; how the way Western aid is delivered renders it largely ineffective; and how trade rules and globalization have worked against African development. Giles Bolton not only delivers a compelling analysis of the most pressing issues, but also sheds light on what we can do as individuals to help solve the problem.