The idealist : Jeffrey Sachs and the quest to end poverty /
Munk, Nina
The idealist : Jeffrey Sachs and the quest to end poverty / Nina Munk - 1st American ed. - New York : Doubleday, c2013 - viii, 260 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm
SIP1410
Includes bibliographical references.
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 -- Setbacks -- 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. Sachs argues that extreme poverty is a solvable problem, drawing on success stories from his daring five-year Millennium Villages Project experiment in Africa to demonstrate how specific initiatives can enable profound positive changes.
9780385525817 0385525818
Sachs, Jeffrey.
economic development--economic aid--poverty--cooperation--Africa
aid--development aid
community development Sachs, Jeffrey
The idealist : Jeffrey Sachs and the quest to end poverty / Nina Munk - 1st American ed. - New York : Doubleday, c2013 - viii, 260 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm
SIP1410
Includes bibliographical references.
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 -- Setbacks -- 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. Sachs argues that extreme poverty is a solvable problem, drawing on success stories from his daring five-year Millennium Villages Project experiment in Africa to demonstrate how specific initiatives can enable profound positive changes.
9780385525817 0385525818
Sachs, Jeffrey.
economic development--economic aid--poverty--cooperation--Africa
aid--development aid
community development Sachs, Jeffrey