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Doing Bad by Doing Good - Why Humanitarian Action Fails (Hardcover, New)
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Doing Bad by Doing Good - Why Humanitarian Action Fails (Hardcover, New)
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In 2010, Haiti was ravaged by a brutal earthquake that affected the
lives of millions. The call to assist those in need was heard
around the globe. Yet two years later humanitarian efforts led by
governments and NGOs have largely failed. Resources are not
reaching the needy due to bureaucratic red tape, and many assets
have been squandered. How can efforts intended to help the
suffering fail so badly? In this timely and provocative book,
Christopher J. Coyne uses the economic way of thinking to explain
why this and other humanitarian efforts that intend to do good end
up doing nothing or causing harm.
In addition to Haiti, Coyne considers a wide range of
interventions. He explains why the U.S. government was ineffective
following Hurricane Katrina, why the international humanitarian
push to remove Muammar Gaddafi in Libya may very well end up
causing more problems than prosperity, and why decades of efforts
to respond to crises and foster development around the world have
resulted in repeated failures.
In place of the dominant approach to state-led humanitarian action,
this book offers a bold alternative, focused on establishing an
environment of economic freedom. If we are willing to experiment
with aidOCoasking questions about how to foster development as a
process of societal discovery, or how else we might engage the
private sector, for instanceOCowe increase the range of
alternatives to help people and empower them to improve their
communities. Anyone concerned with and dedicated to alleviating
human suffering in the short term or for the long haul, from
policymakers and activists to scholars, will find this book to be
an insightful and provocative reframing of humanitarian action.
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