Empowerment on an unstable planet : from seeds of human energy to a scale of global change /

Since World War II, development projects have invested more than two trillion dollars towards health services, poverty alleviation, education, food security, and environmental initiatives around the world. Despite these efforts, 20 percent of the world still lives on less than $1.50 a day and the en...

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Main Author:	Taylor, Daniel C.
Other Authors:	Taylor, Carl E., Taylor, Jesse O.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Subjects:	Social change. Social change > Case studies. Economic development > Case studies. Political participation. Social action. Développement économique > Études de cas. Participation politique. Action sociale. Economic development Political participation Social action Social change Electronic books. Case studies
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Summary:	Since World War II, development projects have invested more than two trillion dollars towards health services, poverty alleviation, education, food security, and environmental initiatives around the world. Despite these efforts, 20 percent of the world still lives on less than $1.50 a day and the environment within which all live declines dramatically. There are clear limits to what further investments at this rate can achieve. This book advances the thesis that a more effective and universal foundation for social change and environmental restoration is not money, but human energy.
Physical Description:	1 online resource
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	0199842973 9780199842971