"A social policy specialist with extensive academic and practitioner experience in the aid area, de Haan has a real talent for encapsulating large and complex topics in the span of a few pages and therefore manages to achieve near-comprehensive treatment within the covers of a modest-sized book. He is scrupulous in presenting all sides of an argument and succeeds in his desire to be as ‘neutral’ as possible on the many controversies surrounding the subject."
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- Development Policy Review

"The book is commendable for its insightful portrayal of the authors’ pains – but more so gains – as they put to action the ideologies of transnational feminism and transversal politics."

- International Feminist Journal of Politics

"Stamping out corruption in health care is a matter of life and death. This timely research shows the need for transparency and accountability in health care and offers sensitive, practical suggestions to address the problem. Governments and providers should take note: the price of corruption in health care is paid for in human suffering."
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"Holmen provides us with a highly readable and discerning introduction to a complex and urgent issue, the role of African organizations in development. His approach is critical yet empathetic. His writing is elegant in its simplicity. His research is impeccable and his argument is powerfully persuasive, that, if development is to succeed, it must be self-organized from the bottom-up."
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