End of Poverty : Economic Possibilities for Our Time
ISBN: 9780143036586 | 0143036580
Edition: ReprintFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Pub. Date: 2/28/2006
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A landmark exploration of the way out of extreme poverty for the worlds poorest citizens Among the most eagerly anticipated books of any year, this landmark exploration of prosperity and poverty distills the life work of an economist "Time" calls one of the worlds 100 most influential people. Sachss aim is nothing less than to deliver a big picture of how societies emerge from poverty. To do so he takes readers in his footsteps, explaining his work in Bolivia, Russia, India, China, and Africa, while offering an integrated set of solutions for t... MORE
| Acknowledgments | p. vii |
| Foreword | p. xii |
| Preface to the Paperback Edition | p. xvi |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| A Global Family Portrait | p. 5 |
| The Spread of Economic Prosperity | p. 26 |
| Why Some Countries Fail to Thrive | p. 51 |
| Clinical Economics | p. 74 |
| Bolivia's High-Altitude Hyperinflation | p. 90 |
| Poland's Return to Europe | ... MORE |
| Reaping the Whirlwind: Russia's Struggle for Normalcy | p. 131 |
| China: Catching up after Half a Millennium | p. 148 |
| India's Market Reforms: The Triumph of Hope Over Fear | p. 170 |
| The Voiceless Dying: Africa and Disease | p. 188 |
| The Millennium, 9/11, and the United Nations | p. 210 |
| On-the-Ground Solutions for Ending Poverty | p. 226 |
| Making the Investments Needed to End Poverty | p. 244 |
| A Global Compact to End Poverty | p. 266 |
| Can the Rich Afford to Help the Poor? | p. 288 |
| Myths and Magic Bullets | p. 309 |
| Why we Should do it | p. 329 |
| Our Generation's Challenge | p. 347 |
| Works Cited | p. 369 |
| Further Reading | p. 372 |
| Notes | p. 376 |
| Index | p. 385 |
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Jeffrey D. Sachs is director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and special advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the Millennium Development Goals. He is internationally renowned for his work as an economic advisor to governments around the world.
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