Easterly, William,  1957- <br/><br/>
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. 
 - New York, N.Y. :  Penguin Books,  2007. 
 - 436 p. :  ill. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/> Originally published: Penguin Press, 2006. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-417) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780143038825 0143038826 (pbk.) :  $16.00 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Economic assistance--Developing countries.<br/>Poverty--Prevention.<br/>Asistencia económica--Países en desarrollo.<br/>Pobreza--Países en desarrollo.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HC 59.7  / E13w 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.91/1713