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The Economics of International Development

Aboa-Bradwell, Sylvie; Bjørnskov, Christian; Easterly, … - 2021

Hopes for development aid remain high among Western politicians and pundits, but the evidence is depressing. Foreign … aid has on average probably no effect on long-run growth. To understand the failure of many development projects, we need … entrepreneurial actions to guide them, development agencies and governments are consistently unable to determine which projects will …

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Can the West save Africa?

Easterly, William - In: Journal of economic literature 47 (2009) 2, pp. 373-447

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Can the West save Africa?

Easterly, William - 2008

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Can the West Save Africa?

Easterly, William - 2021

In the new millennium, the Western aid effort towards Africa has surged due to writings by well-known economists, a celebrity mass advocacy campaign, and decisions by Western leaders to make Africa a major foreign policy priority. This survey contrasts the predominant "transformational" approach...

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Can the West Save Africa?

Easterly, William - 2008

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The tyranny of experts : economists, dictators, and the forgotten rights of the poor

Easterly, William - 2013

Over the last century, global poverty has largely been viewed as a technical problem that merely requires the right "expert" solutions. Yet all too often, experts recommend solutions that fix immediate problems without addressing the systemic political factors that created them in the first...