The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good
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...Last but not least, there are numerous examples of where entrepreneurial action creates economic gains for investors, entrepreneurs, and economies (e.g., Easterly, 2006)....
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...Weak social norms, low interpersonal trust, corruption, and violence are more common in poor nations and regions with lower levels of human well-being (Narayan & Petesch, 2002) and represent obstacles for societal development (Easterly, 2006)....
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...Changing institutions can also enhance a society’s human and social capital, for example through delivering education in third-world countries (see Easterly, 2006) and providing a mechanism that links third-world nations and large companies to deliver medicine to the poor (Seelos & Mair, 2005)....
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