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The end of poverty : economic possibilities for our time, Jeffrey D. Sachs

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A respected international economic advisor and the director of The Earth Institute shares a wide-spectrum theory about how to enable economic success throughout the world, identifying the different categories into which various nations fall in today's economy while posing solutions to top political, environmental, and social problems that contribute to poverty. [The author] sets the stage by drawing a ... conceptual map of the world economy and the different categories into which countries fall. Then ... he explains why, over the past two hundred years, wealth has diverged across the planet in the manner that it has and why the poorest nations have been so markedly unable to escape the cruel vortex of poverty. The groundwork laid, he explains his methods for arriving ... at a holistic diagnosis of a country's situation and the options it faces. Rather than deliver a worldview to readers from on high, [the author] leads them along the learning path he himself followed, telling the ... stories of his own work in Bolivia, Poland, Russia, India, China, and Africa as a way to bring readers to a broad-based understanding of the array of issues countries can face and the way the issues interrelate. He concludes by drawing on everything he has learned to offer an integrated set of solutions to the interwoven economic, political, environmental, and social problems that most frequently hold societies back. In the end, he leaves readers with an understanding, not of how daunting the world's problems are, but how solvable they are - and why making the effort is a matter both of moral obligation and strategic self-interest
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xviii, 396 pages
Contents
  • Foreword / Bono
  • A global family portrait --- The spread of economic prosperity --- Why some countries fail to thrive --- Clinical economics --- Bolivia's high-altitude hyperinflation --- Poland's return to Europe --- Reaping the whirlwind: Russia's struggle for normalcy --- China: catching up after half a millennium --- India's market reforms: the triumph of hope over fear --- The voiceless dying: Africa and disease --- The Millennium, 9/11, and the United Nations --- On-the-ground solutions for ending poverty --- Making the investments needed to end poverty --- A global compact to end poverty --- Can the rich afford to help the poor? --- Myths and magic bullets --- Why we should do it --- Our generation's challenge
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9781594200458
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The end of poverty : economic possibilities for our time
Title
The end of poverty
Title remainder
economic possibilities for our time
Statement of responsibility
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
A respected international economic advisor and the director of The Earth Institute shares a wide-spectrum theory about how to enable economic success throughout the world, identifying the different categories into which various nations fall in today's economy while posing solutions to top political, environmental, and social problems that contribute to poverty. [The author] sets the stage by drawing a ... conceptual map of the world economy and the different categories into which countries fall. Then ... he explains why, over the past two hundred years, wealth has diverged across the planet in the manner that it has and why the poorest nations have been so markedly unable to escape the cruel vortex of poverty. The groundwork laid, he explains his methods for arriving ... at a holistic diagnosis of a country's situation and the options it faces. Rather than deliver a worldview to readers from on high, [the author] leads them along the learning path he himself followed, telling the ... stories of his own work in Bolivia, Poland, Russia, India, China, and Africa as a way to bring readers to a broad-based understanding of the array of issues countries can face and the way the issues interrelate. He concludes by drawing on everything he has learned to offer an integrated set of solutions to the interwoven economic, political, environmental, and social problems that most frequently hold societies back. In the end, he leaves readers with an understanding, not of how daunting the world's problems are, but how solvable they are - and why making the effort is a matter both of moral obligation and strategic self-interest
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Sachs, Jeffrey
Dewey number
339.4/6/091724
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
LC call number
HC59.72.P6
LC item number
S225 2005
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • Poverty
  • Developing countries
  • Developing countries
  • Economic assistance
  • Pauvreté
  • Aide économique
  • Pays en voie de développement
  • Pays en voie de développement
  • Pauvreté
  • Politique économique
  • Conditions économiques
  • Aide au développement
  • Pays développés
  • Pays en développement
  • Economic assistance
  • Economic history
  • Economic policy
  • Poverty
  • Developing countries
  • Armoede
  • Beëindiging
  • Armut
  • Bekämpfung
  • Entwicklungshilfe
  • Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
  • Wirtschaftspolitik
  • Entwicklungsländer
  • Poverty
  • Armut
  • Bekämpfung
  • Entwicklungshilfe
  • Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
  • Wirtschaftspolitik
  • Poverty
  • Developing Countries
  • Entwicklungsländer
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The end of poverty : economic possibilities for our time, Jeffrey D. Sachs
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
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Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
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Contents
Foreword / Bono -- A global family portrait --- The spread of economic prosperity --- Why some countries fail to thrive --- Clinical economics --- Bolivia's high-altitude hyperinflation --- Poland's return to Europe --- Reaping the whirlwind: Russia's struggle for normalcy --- China: catching up after half a millennium --- India's market reforms: the triumph of hope over fear --- The voiceless dying: Africa and disease --- The Millennium, 9/11, and the United Nations --- On-the-ground solutions for ending poverty --- Making the investments needed to end poverty --- A global compact to end poverty --- Can the rich afford to help the poor? --- Myths and magic bullets --- Why we should do it --- Our generation's challenge
Control code
ocm57243168
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
xviii, 396 pages
Isbn
9781594200458
Lccn
2004065942
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (some color), color maps
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o57243168
  • (OCoLC)57243168
Label
The end of poverty : economic possibilities for our time, Jeffrey D. Sachs
Link
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Foreword / Bono -- A global family portrait --- The spread of economic prosperity --- Why some countries fail to thrive --- Clinical economics --- Bolivia's high-altitude hyperinflation --- Poland's return to Europe --- Reaping the whirlwind: Russia's struggle for normalcy --- China: catching up after half a millennium --- India's market reforms: the triumph of hope over fear --- The voiceless dying: Africa and disease --- The Millennium, 9/11, and the United Nations --- On-the-ground solutions for ending poverty --- Making the investments needed to end poverty --- A global compact to end poverty --- Can the rich afford to help the poor? --- Myths and magic bullets --- Why we should do it --- Our generation's challenge
Control code
ocm57243168
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
xviii, 396 pages
Isbn
9781594200458
Lccn
2004065942
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (some color), color maps
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o57243168
  • (OCoLC)57243168

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