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An attack on the tragic waste, futility, and hubris of the West's efforts to date to improve the lot of the so-called developing world, with constructive suggestions on how to move forward. Economist Easterly discusses the twin tragedies of global poverty: the first, that so many are seemingly fated to live miserable lives and die early deaths; the second, that after fifty years and more than $2.3 trillion in aid, we have shockingly little to show for it. We preach a gospel of freedom and individual accountability, yet we intrude in the inner workings of other countries through bloated aid bureaucracies--and most of the places in which we've meddled are in fact no better off or are even worse off than they were before. Could it be that we don't know as much as we think we do?--From publisher description.

Economic assistance --- Poverty --- Aide économique --- Pauvreté --- Prevention. --- Prévention --- armoedebestrijding --- noord-zuiddialoog --- ontwikkelingshulp --- 339.96 --- 339.96 Ontwikkelingshulp. Ontwikkelingssamenwerking. Ontwikkelingsproblematiek --- Ontwikkelingshulp. Ontwikkelingssamenwerking. Ontwikkelingsproblematiek --- Destitution --- Wealth --- Basic needs --- Begging --- Poor --- Subsistence economy --- Prevention --- Economic order --- ontwikkelingssamenwerking --- ontwikkelingslanden --- globalisering --- Third World: economic development problems --- Economic assistance, American --- Economic assistance, European --- Evaluation. --- International cooperation --- 812 Ideologie --- 826 Imperialisme, kolonialisme --- 831 Internationale politieke economie --- Developing countries: economic development problems --- Economic assistance - Developing countries --- Poverty - Prevention --- Acqui 2006 --- 338.911713 --- #SBIB:327.4H74 --- #KVHA:Economie --- #KVHA:Imperialisme --- #KVHA:Ontwikkelingshulp --- 333.160 --- 333.432.8 --- 338.341.0 --- 338.341.1 --- AA / International- internationaal --- LDC / Developping Countries - Pays En Développement --- 330.34 --- 330.34 Economische ontwikkeling. Regionale economische ontwikkeling --- Economische ontwikkeling. Regionale economische ontwikkeling --- Ontwikkelingshulp en -samenwerking --- Internationale financiële instellingen: algemeen --- Internationale monetaire organisatie. Internationaal Muntfonds. Algemene leningovereenkomsten --- Internationale hulp: algemeenheden --- Financiële hulp aan de Derde Wereld --- Social Sciences and Humanities. Development Studies --- International Development Cooperation.