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 (pbk.) : AV - HC59.7 .E22 2007 PY - 2007///, c2006 CY - New York PB - Penguin Books KW - Economic assistance KW - Developing countries KW - Poverty KW - Prevention N1 - Originally published: New York : Penguin Press, 2006; Includes bibliographical references 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 -