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The elusive quest for growth by William R. Easterly

The elusive quest for growth William R. Easterly ebook
Publisher: MIT
Format: djvu
ISBN: 026205065X, 9780262050654
Page: 355

It stands, along William Easterly's The Elusive Quest for Growth and The White Man's Burden, as the central work of foreign aid scepticism. In his seminal book "The Elusive Quest for Growth," Easterly repeats this phrase again and again as he looks for ways to stimulate growth in particular economies, especially struggling economies. Today the industrialized world as a whole is embarked--half-heartedly, I admit--on yet another trend to try to make the poorer move of the world rich. A must read for any scholar or student interested in either inequality or growth, or creative combinations of the two!" —William Easterly, New York University, and author of The Elusive Quest for Growth (MIT Press, 2001). Compare our books, prices and service to. Fleeing to mathematics would also be understandable after perusing the first chapter of The Elusive Quest For Growth, my Development Economics textbook. University professor William Easterly, a former World Bank economist, has made a career out of skewering the aid establishment in elegantly written books, including “White Man's Burden” and “The Elusive Quest for Growth. For 5/6ths of the people of Earth, life is a daily struggle for basic needs: food, shelter, medicine. Two other books relating to Africa and development that I've read this year include “Africa – a biography of the continent” by John Reader and “The Elusive Quest for Growth” by William Easterly. This review is from: The Elusive Quest for Growth : Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics (Hardcover). ISBN13: 9780262550420Condition: NewNotes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! I'm assuming the paper is from the same Easterley who has authored 'White Man's Burden' and 'The Elusive Quest for Growth'?