The idealist : Jeffrey Sachs and the quest to end poverty /
Nina Munk.
- viii, 260 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations, colour plates ; 24 cm.
Shock therapy -- Ahmed Maalim Mohamed -- The end of poverty -- It doesn't get harder than this -- Every problem has a solution -- Everything is written -- It will be sweet like honey -- A pipe dream -- Complacency and fear -- David Siriri -- A green revolution -- Awaire, awaire -- Capitalist philanthropy -- Set-backs -- Insha'allah -- I am thinking we are not ready for this -- A very tall order -- I have been failed by the markets -- Misinformation and politics -- A version of progress -- What mistake has Ahmed done? -- An island of success -- I cry for Ahmed -- It is what it is.
A powerful portrayal of Jeffrey Sachs's ambitious quest to end global poverty. As special adviser to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and author of The End of Poverty, Sachs argues that extreme poverty is a solvable problem, drawing on success stories from his daring five-year Millennium Villages Project experiment in Africa in 2006 to demonstrate how specific initiatives can enable profound positive changes.
9780771062506 (bound) 9780771062520 (pbk.)
Sachs, Jeffrey D., 1954-
Poverty--Africa, East. Economic assistance--Africa, East. Pauvret�e--Afrique des Grands Lacs. Pobreza--Africa Oriental. Asistencia economica --Africa Oriental.
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