num_pages: 400
description: We are all aware of the extreme hunger and poverty that afflict the world's poor. We hear the facts, see the images on television, buy the T-shirt and are moved as individuals and governments to dig deep into our pockets. Yet what happens to all this aid? Why after 50 years and $2.3 trillion are there still children dying for lack of twelve cents medicine? Why are there so many people still living on less than $1 a day without clean water, food, sanitation, shelter, education or medicine? In The White Man's Burden, William Easterly, acclaimed author and former economist at the World Bank, addresses these twin tragedies head on. While recognising the energy and compassion behind the campaign to make poverty history he argues urgently and powerfully that grand plans and good intentions are a part of the problem not the solution. Giving aid is not enough, we must ensure that it reaches the people who need it most.
language: English
title: White Mans Burden : Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good
titlecomplete: White Mans Burden : Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good
genres: Politics, Academic, Social Justice, Nonfiction, Poverty, Economics, International Development, Sociology, Africa, History
ratings_count: 5485
publisher: Oxford University Press