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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.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 2007.Description: 436 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780143038825
  • 0143038826 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.91/1713
LOC classification:
  • HC 59.7 E13w 2007
Contents:
Planners 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.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HC 59.7 E13w 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000056820

Originally published: Penguin Press, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-417) and index.

Planners 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.

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