The white man's burden : why the West's efforts to aid the rest have done so much ill and so little good - Easterly, William, 1957- (New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 2007)
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.
Originally published: Penguin Press, 2006.
Includes bibliographical references (page [387]-417) and index.
Keywords: Economic assistance -- Developing countries; Poverty -- Prevention