The Aid Trap: Hard Truths About Ending Poverty

The Aid Trap: Hard Truths About Ending Poverty

ISBN-10:
0231145624
ISBN-13:
9780231145626
Pub. Date:
08/31/2009
Publisher:
Columbia University Press
ISBN-10:
0231145624
ISBN-13:
9780231145626
Pub. Date:
08/31/2009
Publisher:
Columbia University Press
The Aid Trap: Hard Truths About Ending Poverty

The Aid Trap: Hard Truths About Ending Poverty

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Overview

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 Aid Trap shows how the same energy, goodwill, and money that we devote to charity can help local business thrive. R. Glenn Hubbard and William Duggan, two leading scholars in business and finance, demonstrate that by diverting a major share of charitable aid into the local business sector of poor countries, citizens can take the lead in the growth of their own economies. Although the aid system supports noble goals, a local well-digging company cannot compete with a foreign charity that digs wells for free. By investing in that local company a sustainable system of development can take root.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780231145626
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 08/31/2009
Series: Columbia Business School Publishing
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 216
Product dimensions: 5.34(w) x 7.84(h) x 0.74(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

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 Duggan is senior lecturer at Columbia Business School, where he teaches strategy in graduate and executive courses. He has twenty years of experience in foreign aid. His most recent book, Strategic Intuition, was named Best Strategy Book by Strategy + Business.

What People are Saying About This

William Easterly

I can't think of anyone better qualified than R. Glenn Hubbard and William Duggan to analyze what they perceptively call the 'feudal system of aid' and to suggest ways to break free. They persuasively argue that thriving private businesses are the best hope for the world's poor and have taken a practical approach to allow business to thrive.

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