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The end of poverty : economic possibilities for our time /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sachs, Jeffrey (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Penguin Press, 2005.
Subjects:
Poverty > Developing countries.
Developing countries > Economic policy.
Developing countries > Economic conditions.
Economic assistance > Developing countries.
Poverty.
Poverty
Developing Countries
Pauvreté > Pays en voie de développement.
Aide économique > Pays en voie de développement.
Pays en voie de développement > Politique économique.
Pays en voie de développement > Conditions économiques.
Pauvreté.
poverty.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Macroeconomics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
Politique économique.
Conditions économiques.
Aide au développement.
Pays développés.
Pays en développement.
Economic assistance
Economic history
Economic policy
Developing countries
Armut
Bekämpfung
Entwicklungshilfe
Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
Wirtschaftspolitik
Entwicklungsländer
Armoede.
Beëindiging.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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.