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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: The Industrial Revolution made great riches, yet billions remain trapped in extreme poverty worldwide today.
Chapter 3: Many of the poorest nations are stuck in poverty with no escape route.
Chapter 4: Economic growth requires capital accumulation, nearly impossible for the poorest countries.
Chapter 5: Economically disadvantaged nations face complex problems that require tailored solutions.
Chapter 6: Chinaβs rise from poverty reflects major governmental reform and geographic advantages.
Chapter 7: India forged a path out of poverty by liberalizing markets and investing heavily in education.
Chapter 8: African poverty could be ended with a modest level of development aid.
Chapter 9: Ending global poverty must become a top priority for wealthy countries.
Description
The End of Poverty (2005) is a guide to ending extreme poverty once and for all. These blinks explain how little investment is actually required to transform the lives of millions. That is, as long as itβs spent wisely.
Who Should Listen
Anybody who wants to end global poverty
Everyone with an interest in politics or international relations
Every charitable person
About the Authors
At the age of 28, Jeffrey Sachs was given a professorship in economics at Harvard University. Now he runs the Earth Institute at Columbia University and serves as special advisor on the Millennium Development Goals to the UN general secretary.