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The United States, the richest country on earth, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. Why? In this landmark book, acclaimed sociologist Matthew Desmond draws on history, research, and original reporting to show how affluent Americans knowingly and unknowingly keep poor people poor.
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English
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"A leading economist and researcher report from the front lines of a revolution in solving the world's most persistent problem. When it comes to global poverty, people are passionate and polarized. At one extreme: We just need to invest more resources. At the other: We've thrown billions down a sinkhole over the last fifty years and accomplished almost nothing. Dean Karlan and Jacob Appel present an entirely new approach that blazes an optimistic...
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Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 303 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
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"Billions of government dollars, and thousands of charitable organizations and NGOs, are dedicated to helping the world's poor. But much of the work they do is based on assumptions that are untested generalizations at best, flat out harmful misperceptions at worst. Banerjee and Duflo have pioneered the use of randomized control trials in development economics. Work based on these principles, supervised by the Poverty Action Lab at MIT, is being carried...
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Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
436 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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An attack on the tragic waste, futility, and hubris of the West's efforts to date to improve the lot of the so-called developing world, with constructive suggestions on how to move forward. Economist Easterly discusses the twin tragedies of global poverty: the first, that so many are seemingly fated to live miserable lives and die early deaths; the second, that after fifty years and more than $2.3 trillion in aid, we have shockingly little to show...
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Publisher
Pearson
Pub. Date
2009, ©2010
Edition
Rev. and updated 5th anniversary ed.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (410 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
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Drawing on Prahalad's breakthrough insights in The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid, great companies worldwide have sought to identify, build, and profit from new markets amongst the world's several billion poorest people, while at the same time helping to alleviate poverty. Five years after its first publication, this book's ideas are no longer "theory": they are proven, profitable reality. In the 5th Anniversary Edition, Prahalad thoroughly...
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Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
xvii, 282 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize outlines his vision for a new business model that combines the power of free markets with the quest for a more humane world--and he tells the inspiring stories of companies that are doing this work today. In the last two decades, free markets have swept the globe, bringing with them enormous potential for positive change. But traditional capitalism cannot solve problems like inequality and poverty, because it is...
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FT Press Delivers
Pub. Date
©2011
Physical Desc
1 online resource ([25] pages).
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English
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This Element is an excerpt from Entrepreneurial Solutions for Prosperity in BoP Markets: Strategies for Business and Economic Transformation (9780137079261) by Eric Kacou. Available in print and digital formats. Why the world's poorest stay so poor: understanding the real root cause to create solutions that really work. Finding ways to solve poverty while tapping into economic opportunity at the "Bottom of the Pyramid" requires that we discover why...
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