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The white man's burden : why the west's efforts to aid the rest have done so much ill and so little good / William Easterly

This work examines the historical failure of Western economic policies and foreign aid programmes aimed at alleviating global poverty. It critiques the top-down approach of international organisations and the challenges of transplanting Western institutions abroad.

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