'The White Man's Burden,' by William Easterly - The New York Times Book Review - New York Times

'The White Man's Burden,' by William Easterly - The New York Times Book Review - New York Times: "The second, he says, 'is the tragedy in which the West spent $2.3 trillion on foreign aid over the last five decades and still had not managed to get 12-cent medicines to children to prevent half of all malaria deaths. The West spent $2.3 trillion and still had not managed to get $4 bed nets to poor families. The West spent $2.3 trillion and still had not managed to get $3 to each new mother to prevent five million child deaths.' The West is not stingy. It is ineffective."