]> Forum for the Future of Aid - Sector Programme based approaches http://www.futureofaid.net/taxonomy/term/62/0 en Amartya Sen review of “White Man's Burden? http://www.futureofaid.net/node/48 <p>Amartya Sen, Lamont University Professor and Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University, <a href="http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20060301fareviewessay85214/amartya-sen/the-man-without-a-plan.html">reviews <em>The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good</em></a> by William Easterly. </p> <p>According to Sen the book offers important insights about the pitfalls of foreign aid. However, he criticises Easterly's attack on global "do-gooders" arguing that aid can work when implemented correctly. </p> <script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-1467975-1"; urchinTracker(); </script><br /> Accountability All regions Budget Support Conditionality Economic Growth National Policy Frameworks/PRSs Ownership Sector Programme based approaches Vertical Programmes/Global Initiatives Mon, 03 Apr 2006 15:09:54 +0100