Why I recommend "The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good" — 3 years ago
WORTH CONSUMING!
Easterly’s tone can be snide at times, but he pretty confirms everything I’ve ever suspected about the development business from my time in the Peace Corps. While well-intentioned, it’s self perpetuating and a succesor to colonialism (hence using Kipling’s poem for the title). Also good discussion about the need for community based solutions and most important, business models that stress accountability and sustainability.
