White Man's Burden

William Easterly

Easterly's book argues that development policy must return to basics and focus on bottom-up "searchers" rather than top-down planning. Does this provide the solution the plight of the poor?

Easterly's book argues that development policy must return to basics and focus on bottom-up "searchers" rather than top-down planning. Does this provide the solution to the plight of the poor?

 

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Citation:  Peter Boettke, Kurt Shillinger, Tom Wheeler, Lyal White, Hany Besada & Leon Kok, "Review of William Easterly's 'White Man's Burden'" South African Journal of International Affairs, Volume 13, Issue 1, 2006.

 

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