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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

Author : Easterly, William

Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)

Place of Publish: UK, Oxford

Year: 2006

Page Numbers: 380

Acc. No: 3136

Class No: 339.46 EAS

Category: Books & Reports

Subjects: Poverty

Type of Resource: Monograph

Languages: English

ISBN: 0-19-921082-9

This book looks at twenty of the most innovative case studies of poverty reduction and Millennium Development Goal localization from fifteen countries - Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, Paraguay, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam - covering diverse issues ranging from housing and tourism to socio-economic empowerment of women, health insurance and markets for livestock produce.