TY - BOOK AU - Sachs,Jeffrey TI - The end of poverty: economic possibilities for our time SN - 1594200459 AV - HC 59.72 .P6 S225 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - New York PB - Penguin Press KW - Poverty KW - Developing countries KW - Economic assistance KW - Economic policy KW - Economic conditions N1 - 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 ER -