The White Man's Burden
Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good
$43.98
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
27 February 2007
Summary
From 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 …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143038825 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143038826 |
| Author: | William Easterly |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Penguin USA |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 27 February 2007 |
| Weight: | 420g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 139mm x 212mm |
Critics Review
Brilliant at diagnosing the failings of Western intervention in the Third World. (BusinessWeek)
“Brilliant at diagnosing the failings of Western intervention in the Third World.” —BusinessWeek
William Easterly
William Easterly is a professor of economics at New York University and a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development. He was a senior research economist at the World Bank for more than sixteen years. In addition to his academic work, he has written widely in recent years for The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Forbes, and Foreign Policy, among others. He is the author of the acclaimed book The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists’ Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics. He has worked in many areas of the developing world, most extensively in Africa, Latin America, and Russia.
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