دانلود کتاب Doing Bad by Doing Good: Why Humanitarian Action Fails

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 aid―asking questions about how
to foster development as a process of societal discovery, or how else we might
engage the private sector, for instance―we 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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