Title: The White Man's Burden
First published: 2006
Description: 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 worldIn 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 his then-employer, the World Bank. The White Man's Burden is his widely anticipated counterpunch—a brilliant and blistering indictment of the West's economic policies for the world's poor. Sometimes angry, sometimes irreverent, but always clear-eyed and rigorous, Easterly argues that we in the West need to face our own history of ineptitude and draw the proper conclusions, especially at a time when the question of our ability to transplant Western institutions has become one of the most pressing issues we face.
Subjects: Business, Nonfiction, Politics, Sociology, Economic assistance, Poverty, Prevention, Aide économique, Prévention, Entwicklungspolitik, Kritik, Pauvreté, Armut, Financial Support, Economics, Developing countries, Socioeconomic Factors, Economic development, Trends, Prevention & control, Economic assistance, developing countries, Poverty, government policy, International Relations, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS, Industries, General, Poverty--prevention & control, Economic assistance--developing countries, Poverty--prevention, Economic development--developing countries, Hc59.7 .e22 2006, 338.91/1713
Places: Developing countries, Entwicklungsländer, Pays en voie de développement, Industriestaaten
LC classification: HC59.7 .E22 2006