The Idealist: Jeffrey Sachs and the Quest to End Poverty
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| Rating | : | 4.52 (918 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0385525818 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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She was previously a senior writer at Fortune, and before that a senior editor at Forbes. She lives in New York.. NINA MUNK, a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, is a journalist and the author of Fools Rush In: Steve Case, Jerry Levin, and the Unmaking of AOL Time Warner. Her work has appeared in Vanity Fair, the New York Times Magazine, the New Yorker, Fortune
T. Graczewski said Sachs's Folly?. The paperback edition of “The Idealist: Jeffrey Sachs and the Quest to End Poverty” was eagerly anticipated. Well, by me, at least. I have spent the past year reading broadly on the topic of economic development. Sachs’s "Sachs's Folly?" according to T. Graczewski. The paperback edition of “The Idealist: Jeffrey Sachs and the Quest to End Poverty” was eagerly anticipated. Well, by me, at least. I have spent the past year reading broadly on the topic of economic development. Sachs’s 2005 bestseller, “The End of Poverty,” is by far the most optimistic and prescriptive of the lot. He declared triumphantly in that book: "The wealth of the rich world, the power. 005 bestseller, “The End of Poverty,” is by far the most optimistic and prescriptive of the lot. He declared triumphantly in that book: "The wealth of the rich world, the power. Brings so much balance and perspective to the whole poverty debate You can read Sachs, Easterly and others and become very confused. This book starts to give some balance to the whole debate. In the end we each have to do our own little bit of our best.. "One punch short of a knockout" according to Laughing Bull. This is a very well-written book that flows more like a novel than a scholarly work. It highlights the surprising truth that giving away money isn't nearly as easy as it seems, and that the best laid plans of international donors almost always go awry.It's also the story of one man's hubris, and the slow realization that the world is a very complicated place indeed.HoweverI repeatedly felt Munk was one punch short of a knock
Accepting the hospitality of camel herders and small-hold farmers, and witnessing their struggle to survive, Munk came to understand the real-life issues that challenge Sachs's formula for ending global poverty. THE IDEALIST is the profound and moving story of what happens when the abstract theories of a brilliant, driven man meet the reality of human life.. At least that was the idea. For the past six years, Nina Munk has reported deeply on the Millennium Villages Project, accompanying Sachs on his official trips to Africa and listening in on conversations with heads
It was a daring five-year project, financed by George Soros and like-minded donors, seeking answers to end poverty that were sustainable and transferable. --Vanessa Bush . Her accounts of the experiences of programs in Somalia and Uganda highlight the ebb and flow of enthusiasm, disappointment, resentment, and frustration among camel herders, farmers, and villagers as they struggled to survive while theories on poverty relief confronted harsh realities. Munk spent six years traveling with Sachs between African villages and donors’ meetings, living among villagers and project managers to get a sense of the progress of Sachs’ grand experiment. She chronicles efforts to reduce malaria and develop sustainable farming projects as well as head-on clashes with development officials and worries about encouraging dependency even as the project pushed for more market-oriented programs. From Booklist Jeffrey Sachs is a rock-star