LEADER 04260nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910452492703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8047-8611-9 024 7 $a10.1515/9780804786119 035 $a(CKB)2550000001039659 035 $a(EBL)1166757 035 $a(OCoLC)840569803 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000856027 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11440449 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000856027 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10805076 035 $a(PQKB)10686296 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1166757 035 $a(DE-B1597)564652 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780804786119 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1166757 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10685394 035 $a(OCoLC)1178769259 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001039659 100 $a20121115d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDoing bad by doing good$b[electronic resource] $ewhy humanitarian action fails /$fChristopher J. Coyne 210 $aStanford, CA $cStanford Economics and Finance, an imprint of Stanford University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (273 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8047-7227-4 311 $a0-8047-7228-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 223-245) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tIntroduction. A Living Example of the Puzzle -- $tchapter 1. The Man of the Humanitarian System -- $tchapter 2. The Evolution of Humanitarian Action -- $tchapter 3. Adaptability and the Planner?s Problem -- $tchapter 4. Political Competition Replaces Market Competition -- $tchapter 5. The Bureaucracy of Humanitarianism -- $tchapter 6. Killing People with Kindness -- $tchapter 7. Solving the Puzzle -- $tchapter 8. Rethinking the Man of the Humanitarian System -- $tNotes -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aIn 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. 606 $aHumanitarian assistance$xEconomic aspects 606 $aHumanitarian intervention$xEconomic aspects 606 $aEconomic assistance 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHumanitarian assistance$xEconomic aspects. 615 0$aHumanitarian intervention$xEconomic aspects. 615 0$aEconomic assistance. 676 $a361.2 700 $aCoyne$b Christopher J$01040231 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452492703321 996 $aDoing bad by doing good$92462929 997 $aUNINA