The Resource The idealist : Jeffrey Sachs and the quest to end poverty, Nina Munk
The idealist : Jeffrey Sachs and the quest to end poverty, Nina Munk
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- Summary
- 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 --
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- viii, 260 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9780385525817
- Label
- The idealist : Jeffrey Sachs and the quest to end poverty
- Title
- The idealist
- Title remainder
- Jeffrey Sachs and the quest to end poverty
- Statement of responsibility
- Nina Munk
- Title variation
- Jeffrey Sachs and the quest to end poverty
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 --
- Assigning source
- Provided by Publisher
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- IEN/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Munk, Nina
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Sachs, Jeffrey
- Millennium Villages (Project)
- Poverty
- Economic development projects
- Poverty
- Community development
- Label
- The idealist : Jeffrey Sachs and the quest to end poverty, Nina Munk
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- FIEb17467317
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- viii, 260 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780385525817
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)819275595
- Label
- The idealist : Jeffrey Sachs and the quest to end poverty, Nina Munk
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- FIEb17467317
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- viii, 260 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780385525817
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)819275595
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