I was rather underwhelmed by this book, which has somewhat blunt policy prescriptions (eg. stop accepting foreign aid, take chinese money, issue bonds, etc) for what probably deserves a more nuanced and considered approach.

I think Shanta Devarajan's assessment of the book is spot on (this guy is the chief economist at the African world bank) - http://africacan.worldbank.org/a-partial-defense-of-dambisa-...