Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Citations for Upcoming Column

In response to requests for citations from previous columns, I will post the citations used in my upcoming column on April 2nd on foreign Aid.

-McNamara and the doubling of foreign aid - page 181-182 of Easterly's "White Man's Burden"

-Growth rates for poorest fifth of countries was not statistically distinguishable from other countries from 1950-2001 - page 39 of Easterly's "White Man's Burden"

-President Bush increase of foreign aid was 300% since 2000 -

http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2007&m=February&x=20070205173017esnamfuak8.193606e-02

-Steel Mill in Nigeria (1979) - page 51 of Easterly's "White Man's Burden"

-Fish Freezing in Kenya - George Ayittey's "Betrayal: Why Socialism Failed in Africa" -

http://www.fee.org/publications/notes/notes/Betrayal.asp

-75% of foreign aid is lost to corruption - http://www.fff.org/freedom/fd0507c.asp

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