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The idealist : Jeffrey Sachs and the quest to end poverty / Nina Munk.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: eng Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : Signal, McClelland & Stewart, [2013]Copyright date: �2013Description: viii, 260 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations, colour plates ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780771062506 (bound)
  • 9780771062520 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.5526
LOC classification:
  • HV 438 M966i 2013
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HV 438 M966i 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000126833

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.

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