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The Aid Trap: Hard Truths About Ending Poverty
R. Glenn Hubbard
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Description for The Aid Trap: Hard Truths About Ending Poverty
Hardback. Series: Columbia Business School Publishing. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFFA; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 312.
Over the past twenty years more citizens in China and India have raised themselves out of poverty than anywhere else at any time in history. They accomplished this through the local business sector--the leading source of prosperity for all rich countries. In most of Africa and other poor regions the business sector is weak, but foreign aid continues to fund government and NGOs. Switching aid to the local business sector in order to cultivate a middle class is the oldest, surest, and only way to eliminate poverty in poor countries. A bold fusion of ethics and smart business, The ... Read more
Over the past twenty years more citizens in China and India have raised themselves out of poverty than anywhere else at any time in history. They accomplished this through the local business sector--the leading source of prosperity for all rich countries. In most of Africa and other poor regions the business sector is weak, but foreign aid continues to fund government and NGOs. Switching aid to the local business sector in order to cultivate a middle class is the oldest, surest, and only way to eliminate poverty in poor countries. A bold fusion of ethics and smart business, The ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Series
Columbia Business School Publishing
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231145626
SKU
V9780231145626
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About R. Glenn Hubbard
R. Glenn Hubbard is dean of Columbia Business School and the Russell L. Carson Professor of Economics and Finance. He was chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers from 2001 to 2003 and has published more than one hundred articles on investing, banking, energy economics, and public policy. His most recent book is the bestselling Principles of Economics. William ... Read more
Reviews for The Aid Trap: Hard Truths About Ending Poverty
Anyone who wants to end poverty should take seriously the powerful and provocative arguments of The Aid Trap. Even if R. Glenn Hubbard and William Duggan don't convince you to embrace their new Marshall Plan, you will come away with a deeper appreciation for the limits of charity, the dangers of top-down planning, and the importance of creating a vibrant ... Read more