Has anyone read this book yet?

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Last Conformist
If MrFun can't even be arsed to to mention the name of the book in the thread, I sure as hell aint buying it.

The title is White Man's Burden.


And second, I didn't ask for anyone to buy the book -- I wanted to hear from those who have read it, as I have not decided on whether to purchase this book yet.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Good golly miss molly just go the frickin library if you have such angst in making the huge financial commitment.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

"Easterly thinks it is time to start listening to people other than corrupt dictators and self-congratulatory bureaucrats in assessing international-aid projects."

or you can break them with incentives - such as in his first book, instead of giving money and then asking them to reform, you only give money to countries who had attained a minimum corruption index, and have already made reforms. in other words, you reward good governance, instead of trying to provoke it (which he shows, doesnt work, just leads to debt)