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.

Author Easterly, William, 1957-

ImprintNew York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 2007.

Description436 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Note: ContentPlanners 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.

ISBN:9780143038825

ISBN:0143038826 (pbk.)

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