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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sachs, Jeffrey.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poverty--Developing countries.

Poverty.

Developing countries.

Economic assistance--Developing countries.

Economic assistance.

Developing countries--Economic policy.

Economic policy.

Developing countries--Economic conditions.

Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

xviii, 397 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Penguin Press, 2005.

Summary:

Hailed by Time as one of the world's hundred most influential people, Jeffrey Sachs is renowned for his work around the globe advising economies in crisis. Now he distills twenty-five years of experience to offer a uniquely informed vision of the steps that can transform impoverished countries into prosperous ones. Marrying vivid storytelling with rigorous analysis, Sachs lays out a clear conceptual map of the world economy. Explaining his own work in Bolivia, Russia, India, China, and Africa, he offers an integrated set of solutions to the interwoven economic, political, environmental, and social problems that challenge the world's poorest countries. The End of Poverty is an indispensable work, with the power to remake the world.

Contents:

1 A Global Family Portrait 5

2 The Spread of Economic Prosperity 26

3 Why Some Countries Fail to Thrive 51

4 Clinical Economics 74

5 Bolivia's High-Altitude Hyperinflation 90

6 Poland's Return to Europe 109

7 Reaping the Whirlwind: Russia's Struggle for Normalcy 131

8 China: Catching up after Half a Millennium 148

9 India's Market Reforms: The Triumph of Hope Over Fear 170

10 The Voiceless Dying: Africa and Disease 188

11 The Millennium, 9/11, and the United Nations 210

12 On-the-Ground Solutions for Ending Poverty 226

13 Making the Investments Needed to End Poverty 244

14 A Global Compact to End Poverty 266

15 Can the Rich Afford to Help the Poor? 288

16 Myths and Magic Bullets 309

17 Why we Should do it 329

18 Our Generation's Challenge 347.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [369]-384) and index.

ISBN:

1594200459

9780143036586

OCLC:

57243168