The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little...
- ISBN-10
- 1594200378
- ISBN-13
- 9781594200373
- Series
- The White Man's Burden
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 436
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Authors
- William Easterly, William Russell Easterly
Description
Argues that western foreign aid efforts have done little to stem global poverty, citing how such organizations as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are not held accountable for ineffective practices that the author believes intrude into the inner workings of other countries. By the author of The Elusive Quest for Growth. 60,000 first printing.
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- 2007
- 380 pages
- Paperback
- Oxford University Press, USA
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- 1974
- 229 pages
- Paperback
- Galaxy Books
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