The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little GoodFrom one of the world’s best-known development economists—an excoriating attack on the tragic hubris of the West’s efforts to improve the lot of the so-called developing world. "Brilliant at diagnosing the failings of Western intervention in the Third World." —BusinessWeek In his previous book, The Elusive Quest for Growth, William Easterly criticized the utter ineffectiveness of Western organizations to mitigate global poverty, and he was promptly fired by his then-employer, the World Bank. The White Man’s Burden is his widely anticipated counterpunch—a brilliant and blistering indictment of the West’s economic policies for the world’s poor. Sometimes angry, sometimes irreverent, but always clear-eyed and rigorous, Easterly argues that we in the West need to face our own history of ineptitude and draw the proper conclusions, especially at a time when the question of our ability to transplant Western institutions has become one of the most pressing issues we face. |
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... needs. However, the mentality of Searchers in markets is a guide to a constructive approach to foreign aid. In foreign aid, Planners announce good intentions but don't motivate anyone to carry them out; Searchers find things that work ...
... needs. However, the mentality of Searchers in markets is a guide to a constructive approach to foreign aid. In foreign aid, Planners announce good intentions but don't motivate anyone to carry them out; Searchers find things that work ...
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... need them. (Pregnant women and children under five are the principal risk group for malaria.) The nurse who distributes the nets gets nine cents per net to keep for herself, so the nets are always in stock. PSI also sells nets to richer ...
... need them. (Pregnant women and children under five are the principal risk group for malaria.) The nurse who distributes the nets gets nine cents per net to keep for herself, so the nets are always in stock. PSI also sells nets to richer ...
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... needs and winning over this particular group. Even when our politicians are not exactly the sharpest tools in the shed, rich democracies somehow work. Political scientist Charles Lindblom in a classic article described richcountry ...
... needs and winning over this particular group. Even when our politicians are not exactly the sharpest tools in the shed, rich democracies somehow work. Political scientist Charles Lindblom in a classic article described richcountry ...
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... needs known and they cannot hold anyone accountable to meet those needs. They are stuck with Planners. The second tragedy continues. Why. Are. Planners. So. Popular? In any human endeavor, the people paying the bills are the ones to keep ...
... needs known and they cannot hold anyone accountable to meet those needs. They are stuck with Planners. The second tragedy continues. Why. Are. Planners. So. Popular? In any human endeavor, the people paying the bills are the ones to keep ...
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... needs of the poor. Alas, if ineffective big plans take the pressure off the rich to help the poor, there's the second tragedy, because then the effective piecemeal actions will not happen. The prevalence of ineffective plans is the ...
... needs of the poor. Alas, if ineffective big plans take the pressure off the rich to help the poor, there's the second tragedy, because then the effective piecemeal actions will not happen. The prevalence of ineffective plans is the ...
Contents
CHAPTER THREE You Cant Plan a Market | |
CHAPTER FOUR Planners and Gangsters | |
CHAPTER FIVE The Rich Have Markets the Poor Have Bureaucrats | |
CHAPTER SIX Bailing Out the Poor | |
Triumph and Tragedy | |
CHAPTEREIGHT From Colonialism to Postmodern Imperialism | |
CHAPTER NINE Invading the Poor | |
CHAPTER TEN Homegrown Development | |
CHAPTERELEVEN The Future of Western Assistance | |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | |
INDEX | |
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The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So ... William Easterly No preview available - 2007 |
The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So ... William Easterly No preview available - 2006 |
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