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Fall 2009

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 25, Number 1

Categories: Economics | Fall 2009

Can the West Help the Rest? A Review Essay of Sachs’ The End of Poverty and Easterly’s The White Man’s Burden

Arielle John, George Mason University

Virgil Henry Storr, George Mason University

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise25(1),2009,125-140CantheWestHelptheRest?AReviewEssayofSachs’TheEndofPovertyandEasterly’sTheWhiteMan’sBurdenArielleJohnGeorgeMasonUniversityVirgilHenryStorrGeorgeMasonUniversityAbstractTherivalopinionsexpressedbyJeffreySachsinhisbookTheEndofPovertyandbyWilliamEasterlyinTheWhiteMan’sBurdenepitomizethedichotomyintheeconomicsliteratureregardingtheroleofforeignaidineliminatingextremepoverty.Ontheonehand,themajorityofgovernmentsseeaidasasolutiontoendingpovertyindevelopingcountries.Ontheotherhand,agrowingbodyofresearchrejectsthesimplenotionthataidleadstogrowth.ThispaperexploresbothSachs’andEasterly’sconclusionsasawayofframingthecontemporarydebateonforeignaidanditsroleinalleviatingpoverty.AlthoughTheEndofPovertyandTheWhiteMan’sBurdenraiseinterestingquestionsabouttheWest’sobligationtotheRest,thereareproblemswithbothoftheiranalysesofpastaideffortsandwiththepolicyprescriptionsthattheyadvocate.Giventhefailureofdecadesofaidefforts,andrecentstudiesdemonstratingthatforeignaidcanactuallyretardeconomicgrowthinrecipientcountries,thereisreasontobeskepticalthatweintheWestcandomuchtohelpthoseintheRest..JELCodes:F350,I300,O190Keywords:Foreignaid;Poverty;Developingcountries;Sachs;EasterlyI.IntroductionMostoftheworldwaspoortwohundredandfiftyyearsago.Moreover,thedifferencebetweentherichestandthepoorestwasquitesmall.Sincethen,however,muchoftheworldhasclimbedoutofpovertybyembracingpropertyrightsandenforcingcontracts.Still,aboutonesixthoftheworld’spopulationisunabletomeettheirbasicneeds.Canpeopleintherichestcountriesdoanythingtohelpthoseinthepoorestnations?125

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Title	Can the West Help the Rest? A Review Essay of Sachs’ The End of Poverty and Easterly’s The White Man’s Burden
Authors/Creators:	Arielle John, George Mason University Virgil Henry Storr, George Mason University
Year:	2009
Volume:	25
Number:	1
Pages:	125 - 140
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Economic Development, Poverty, Sachs, Easterly, Foreign aid, Developing countries

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John, Arielle; Storr, Virgil Henry / 2009. "Can the West Help the Rest? A Review Essay of Sachs’ The End of Poverty and Easterly’s The White Man’s Burden." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 25(1): 125-140.