The white man's burden : why the West's efforts to aid the rest have done so much ill and so little good / William Easterly.

By:

Easterly, William, 1957-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 2007.Description: 436 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:

9780143038825
0143038826 (pbk.) :

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DDC classification:

338.91/1713

LOC classification:

HC 59.7 E13w 2007

Contents:

Planners versus searchers -- pt. 1. Why planners cannot bring prosperity. -- The legend of the big push -- You can't plan a market -- Planners and gangsters -- pt. II. Acting out the burden. -- The rich have markets, the poor have bureaucrats -- Bailing out the poor -- The healers: triumph and tragedy -- pt. III. The white man's army. -- From colonialism to postmodern imperialism -- Invading the poor -- pt. IV. The future. -- Homegrown development -- The future of Western assistance.

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Originally published: Penguin Press, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-417) and index.

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