The end of poverty : economic possibilities for our time / Jeffrey D. Sachs.
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TextPublication details: New York : Penguin Press, 2005.Description: xviii, 396 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN: - 1594200459
- 0143036580 pbk.)
- 9780143036586
- 9781594200458
- HC 59.72 .P6 S225 2005
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-384) and index.
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.