The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics

Easterly, William R.; Easterly, William

ISBN 10: 0262550423 / ISBN 13: 9780262550420

Published by The MIT Press, 2002

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Title: The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' ...

Publisher: The MIT Press

Publication Date: 2002

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: very_good

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Synopsis:

Why economists' attempts to help poorer countries improve their economic well-being have failed.

About the Author:

William Easterly is the author of <I>The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics</I> (MIT Press, 2001) and <I>The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good.</I> He is Professor of Economics at New York University (Joint with Africa House), Codirector of NYU's Development Research Institute, visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution, and Nonresident Fellow of the Center for Global Development in Washington, DC.