01 Feb2009

YouTube – The White Man’s Burden Documentary Trailer

Posted in Business and Development, Foreign Assistance Reform, Short Videos, Social Enterprise by Marco Puccia with 2374 Comments2009-02-02+05%3A05%3A30Marco+Puccia

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Bill Easterly is an economist that left the World Bank after being frustrated (and exposing in his books) with the ineffectiveness of the foreign assistance structure as it exists. His work is both insightful and invigorating for those of us that work in social enterprise development and on foreign assistance reform. This video gives you a very quick overview and introduction to Bill Easterly — somebody who will undoubtedly become a recurring reference in posts to come.

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2374 Responses2009-02-02+05%3A05%3A30Marco+Puccia to “YouTube – The White Man’s Burden Documentary Trailer”

Denise February 15, 2009 Reply to
I left this book on my plane back from Bamako last year! Still get to get my hands on a new copy.. So what did you think about it?
Marco Puccia February 15, 2009 Reply to
A must read for anybody doing development. As somebody who employs a business approach to international development, Easterly is the voice of results-driven and sustainable development policy.

Another great book is Paul Polak's “Out of Poverty” — he points out the unsustainable nature of foreign assistance as it is today, how we are just dumping money at perceived problems without thinking of how we can empower people to assume control of their own economic situation without the continued reliance on foreign aid. He describes some neat examples that he has personally worked on through his organization “International Development Enterprises”.

But, of course, with both of these books' stances — If we were to employ these strategies to foreign assistance reform efforts, we must make sure not to throw the baby out with the bath water!
Denise February 15, 2009 Reply to
I left this book on my plane back from Bamako last year! Still get to get my hands on a new copy.. So what did you think about it?
Marco Puccia February 16, 2009 Reply to
A must read for anybody doing development. As somebody who employs a business approach to international development, Easterly is the voice of results-driven and sustainable development policy.

Another great book is Paul Polak's “Out of Poverty” — he points out the unsustainable nature of foreign assistance as it is today, how we are just dumping money at perceived problems without thinking of how we can empower people to assume control of their own economic situation without the continued reliance on foreign aid. He describes some neat examples that he has personally worked on through his organization “International Development Enterprises”.

But, of course, with both of these books' stances — If we were to employ these strategies to foreign assistance reform efforts, we must make sure not to throw the baby out with the bath water!