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The White Man's Burden
William Easterly
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Easterly's provocative critique exposes how $2.3 trillion in Western aid has failed Africa. Sparking debates with Bill Gates himself, this book challenges conventional development wisdom: What if our "help" is actually hurting? Discover why good intentions aren't enough to solve global poverty.

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The $2.3 Trillion Question Nobody Wants to Answer

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Here's a puzzle that should keep us up at night: Western nations have poured $2.3 trillion into foreign aid over five decades. That's enough money to buy every person in Africa a small house. Yet children still die from malaria because twelve-cent medicines never reach them. Mothers still lose babies because three-dollar interventions aren't available. Something is profoundly, systematically broken-and it's not what you think. The problem isn't stingy donors or insufficient funds. It's that we've been asking the wrong question entirely. Instead of "How can we help?" we've been asking "How can we fix them?"-a subtle but catastrophic difference that has shaped every failed intervention, every wasted billion, every preventable death.

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Two Ways of Solving Problems: Why One Works and One Doesn't

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The Seductive Myth That Keeps Failing

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When Good Intentions Meet Complex Reality

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The Cruel Arithmetic of Bureaucratic Failure

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From Saviors to Supporters: What Actually Works

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Reclaiming Humility in a World That Demands Transformation

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