The idealist
Subtitle: Jeffrey Sachs and the quest to end poverty
By: Nina Munk
Edition: First American edition.
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780385525817
Subjects: International cooperation; Community development; Economic development projects; Poverty; Millennium Villages (Project)
Description: A powerful portrayal of Jeffrey Sachs's ambitious quest to end global poverty. As  Secretary General of the United Nations and author of Fools Rush In Sachs argues that extreme poverty is a solvable problem, drawing on success stories from his daring five-year Millennium Villages Project experiment in Africa to demonstrate how specific initiatives can enable profound positive changes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Shock therapy --; title: Ahmed Maalim Mohamed --; title: The end of poverty --; title: It doesn't get harder than this --; title: Every problem has a solution --; title: Everything is written --; title: It will be sweet like honey --; title: A pipe dream --; title: Complacency and fear --; title: David Siriri --; title: A green revolution --; title: Awaire, awaire --; title: Capitalist philanthropy --; title: Setbacks --; title: Insha'allah --; title: I am thinking we are not ready for this --; title: A very tall order --; title: I have been failed by the markets --; title: Misinformation and politics --; title: A version of progress --; title: What mistake has Ahmed done? --; title: An island of success --; title: I cry for Ahmed --; title: It is what it is.