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R. A. MONTGOMERY attended Hopkins Grammar School, Williston-Northampton School and Williams College where he graduated in 1958. He pursued graduate studies in Religion and Economics at Yale and NYU. Montgomery was an adventurer all his life, climbing mountains in the Himalaya, skiing throughout Europe and scuba-diving wherever he could. His interests included education, macro-economics, geo-politics, mythology, history, mystery novels and music. He wrote his first interactive book, Journey Under the Sea, in 1976 and published it under the series name The Adventures of You. A few years later Bantam Books bought this book and gave Montgomery a contract for five more, to inaugurate their new children's publishing division. Bantam renamed the series Choose Your Own Adventure and a publishing phenomenon was born. The series has sold more than 260 million copies in over 40 languages. He was married to the writer Shannon Gilligan. Montgomery died in November 2014, only two months after his last book was published.
'... This book provides strong support for the view that alternatives are needed, especially from the evidence provided by the studies of countries which have adopted most of the recommended policies - in Ghana's case for over a decade - and still see little light at the end of the tunnel.' - Frances Stewart in Journal of Development Studies '... the book is a remarkable achievement and well worth reading. The authors never lose sight of the general analysis and the case studies give many useful insights for policy makers, donors and students of adjustment in general and of Africa in particular.' - Geske Dijkstra in Development & Change
