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

by Munk, Nina, author.

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New York : Doubleday, c2013.

Millennium Villages (Project)

Community development -- Africa.

Poverty -- International cooperation.

Economic development projects -- Africa.

Poverty -- Africa.

9780385525817 :

viii, 260 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.

1st American ed.

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. As Secretary General of the United Nations and author of Fools Rush In 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.

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