TY - BOOK AU - Easterly,William TI - The white man's burden: why the West's efforts to aid the rest have done so much ill and so little good SN - 9780143038825 AV - HC 59.7 E13w 2007 U1 - 338.91/1713 PY - 2007/// CY - New York, N.Y. PB - Penguin Books KW - Economic assistance KW - Developing countries KW - Poverty KW - Prevention KW - Asistencia económica KW - Países en desarrollo KW - Pobreza N1 - 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 ER -