More than good intentions : how a new economics is helping to solve global poverty /
"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 billi...
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| Materialtyp: | Bok |
| Språk: | English |
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New York :
Dutton,
c2011.
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Innehållsförteckning:
- Introduction: The monks and the fish
- To work against poverty : how we do what we do
- To buy : doubling the number of families with a safety net
- To borrow : why the taxi driver didn't take a loan
- To pursue happiness : having better things to do
- To cooperate in groups : what about the weakness of the crowd?
- To save : the unfun option
- To farm : something from nothing
- To learn : the importance of showing up
- To stay healthy : from broken legs to parasites
- To mate : the naked truth
- To give : the takeaway.