TY  - BOOK
AU  - Munk,Nina
TI  - The idealist: Jeffrey Sachs and the quest to end poverty 
SN  - 9780385525817
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York
PB  - Doubleday
KW  - Sachs, Jeffrey.
KW  - economic development
KW  - economic aid
KW  - poverty
KW  - cooperation
KW  - Africa
KW  - aid
KW  - development aid
KW  - community development
KW  - Sachs, Jeffrey
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -