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041 _aeng
100 1 _aMunk, Nina
245 1 4 _aThe idealist :
_bJeffrey Sachs and the quest to end poverty /
_cNina Munk
250 _a1st American ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bDoubleday,
_cc2013
300 _aviii, 260 p. :
_bcol. ill. ;
_c25 cm
500 _aSIP1410
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 _aShock 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.
520 _aA 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.
600 1 4 _aSachs, Jeffrey.
650 7 _aeconomic development
_xeconomic aid
_xpoverty
_xcooperation
_zAfrica
650 7 _aaid
_xdevelopment aid
653 _acommunity development
653 _aSachs, Jeffrey
852 _h341.232 Munk
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