The white man's burden: why the West's efforts to aid the rest have done so much ill and so little good

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2006-07-01otherChoice Reviews Online2,435 citationsclosed

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International Development and Aid Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics Culture, Economy, and Development Studies

Abstract

1. Planners Versus Searchers WHY PLANNERS CANNOT BRING PROSPERITY 2. The Legend of the Big Push 3. You Can't Plan a Market 4. Planners and Gangsters ACTING OUT THE BURDEN 5. The Rich Have Markets, the Poor Have Bureaucrats 6. Bailing Out the Poor 7. The Healers: Triumph and Tragedy THE WHITE MAN'S ARMY 8. From Colonialism to Postmodern Imperialism 9. Invading the Poor THE FUTURE 10. Homegrown Development 11. The Future of Western Assistance

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