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The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time
- Author: Sachs, Jeffrey
- Publisher: Penguin Books
- Binding: Paperback
- Copyright: 2006
- ISBN-13: 9780143036586
- ISBN-10: 0143036580
Additional Book Description
A landmark exploration of the way out of extreme poverty for the worldas poorest citizens
Among the most eagerly anticipated books of any year, this landmark exploration of prosperity and poverty distills the life work of an economist "Time" calls one of the worldas 100 most influential people. Sachsas aim is nothing less than to deliver a big picture of how societies emerge from poverty. To do so he takes readers in his footsteps, explaining his work in Bolivia, Russia, India, China, and Africa, while offering an integrated set of solutions for the interwoven economic, political, environmental, and social problems that challenge the poorest countries. Marrying passionate storytelling with rigorous analysis and a vision as pragmatic as it is fiercely moral, "The End of Poverty" is a truly indispensable work.
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