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Fighting Poverty Together : Rethinking Strategies for Business, Governments, and Civil Society to Reduce Poverty / by A. Karnani.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Karnani, A., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Development economics.
- International business enterprises.
- Economic development.
- International economic relations.
- Development Economics.
- International Business.
- Development Studies.
- International Economics.
- Local Subjects:
- Development Economics.
- International Business.
- Development Studies.
- International Economics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (V, 297 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2011.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this hard-hitting polemical Karnani demonstrates what is wrong with today's approaches to reducing poverty. He proposes an eclectic approach to poverty reduction that emphasizes the need for business, government and civil society to partner together to create employment opportunities for the poor.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note:
- Chapter 1: Fighting Poverty * Part I: Failure of the Libertarian Approach * Chapter 2: Microcredit Misses its Mark * Chapter 3: Mirage at the Base of the Pyramid * Chapter 4: Romanticizing the Poor * Part II: Fighting Poverty * Chapter 5: Selling Beneficial Goods to the Poor * Chapter 6: Employment is the Solution * Chapter 7: More Government, Please * Chapter 8: Social Entrepreneurship: Beyond the Hype.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9780230120235
- 0230120237
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