The end of poverty

Penguin Press

2005

xviii, 396 p.

9781594200458

Contents: 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.

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