This thesis is not confirmed by the extensive study on the causes of the dissolution of the Soviet Union by two prominent economists from the World Bank — William Easterly and Stanley Fisher from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Development economists, such as William Easterly, have conducted research which ranked the IDA as featuring the most transparency and best practices among donors of development aid.

* William Easterly, economist / professor at NYU

* William Easterly, author of The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists ' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics description and review and White Man's Burden: How the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good ( description and preview ).

* Easterly, William ( 2002 ), Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists ' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics, The MIT Press

One of Sachs's strongest critics is William Easterly, a professor of economics at New York University.

William Easterly wrote a rebuttal and Sachs wrote a re-rebuttal.

* Easterly, William ( 2001 ).