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082 _ae-book (MDP)
100 _aSachs, J. D.
245 _aThe end of poverty :
_beconomic possibilities for our time /
_cJeffrey D. Sachs
260 _aNew York:
_bThe Penguin Press,
_c2005.
300 _axv, 413 p. :
_bill. ;
504 _aIncludes bibliographical notes and index.
520 _aContents Acknowledgments ix Foreword by Bono xv Introduction 1 One A G L O B A L F A M I L Y P O R T R A I T 5 Two T H E S P R E A D OF E C O N O M I C P R O S P E R I T Y 26 Three WHY SOME C O U N T R I ES F A I L TO THRIVE 51 Four C L I N I C A L E C O N O M I C S 74 Five BOLIVIA'S HIGH-ALTITUDE H Y P E R I N F L A T I O N 90 Six POLAND'S RETURN TO EUROPE 109 Seven R E A P I N G T H E W H I R L W I N D : RUSSIA'S STRUGGLE FOR NORMALCY 131 Eight C H I N A: CATCHING UP AFTER HALF A MILLENNIUM 148 Nine INDIA'S MARKET REFORMS: THE TRIUMPH OF HOPE OVER FEAR 170 Ten THE VOICELESS DYING: AFRICA AND DISEASE 188 Eleven THE MILLENNIUM, 9/11, AND THE UNITED NATIONS 210 Twelve ON-THE-GROUND SOLUTIONS FOR ENDING POVERTY 226 Thirteen MAKING THE INVESTMENTS NEEDED TO END POVERTY 244 Fourteen A GLOBAL COMPACT TO END POVERTY 266 Fifteen CAN THE RICH AFFORD TO HELP THE POOR? 288 Sixteen MYTHS AND MAGIC BULLETS 309 Seventeen WHY WE SHOULD DO IT 329 Eighteen OUR GENERATION'S CHALLENGE 347 Works Cited 369 Further Reading 372 Notes 376 Index 385
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