The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill And So Little Good - Rilegato

Easterly, William

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ISBN 10: 1594200378 ISBN 13: 9781594200373

Casa editrice: Penguin Group USA, 2006

Riassunto

Argues that western foreign aid efforts have done little to stem global poverty, citing how such organizations as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are not held accountable for ineffective practices that the author believes intrude into the inner workings of other countries. By the author of The Elusive Quest for Growth. 60,000 first printing.

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William Easterly is a professor of economics at New York University and a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development. He was a senior research economist at the World Bank for more than sixteen years. In addition to his academic work, he has written widely in recent years for The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Forbes, and Foreign Policy, among others. He is the author of the acclaimed book The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics. He has worked in many areas of the developing world, most extensively in Africa, Latin America, and Russia.

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Book by Easterly William

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• Editore: Penguin Group USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1594200378
• ISBN 13: 9781594200373
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 496