TY - BOOK AU - Trefon,Theodore ED - International African Institute. ED - Royal African Society. ED - Social Science Research Council (Great Britain) TI - Congo masquerade: the political culture of aid inefficiency and reform failure T2 - African arguments SN - 9781848138360 AV - DT658.26 .T744 2011 U1 - 967.24054 23 PY - 2011/// CY - London, New York PB - Zed Books KW - Economic assistance KW - Congo (Democratic Republic) KW - HIstory KW - 1997- KW - Politics and government KW - sears N1 - Published in association with the International African Institute, the Royal African Society and the Social Science Research Council; Includes bibliographical references (p. 134-144) and index; Why state-building is not working in the Congo -- The political economy of broken promises -- A patchwork of unrealistic reforms -- The administrative juggernaut -- Culture matters N2 - Examines the reasons for the Congo remaining a failed state despite being one of the 21st-century's major attempts at reconstruction ER -