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Out of poverty : what works when traditional approaches fail /

The author explores some of the methods by which governments are attempting to eradicate world poverty and why they have been unsuccessful; and describes how he and others have developed low-cost tools to help poor farmers become more self-sufficient.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Polak, Paul (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Francisco, California : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., [2008]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:BK currents book.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: learning to do the simple and obvious
  • Twelve steps to practical problem solving
  • The three great poverty eradication myths
  • It all starts with making more money
  • Design for the other 90 percent
  • From subsistence to new income
  • Affordable small-plot irrigation
  • A new agriculture for one-acre farms
  • Creating vibrant new markets that serve poor customers
  • Slums : the incubator for new income opportunities
  • Poverty and the planet
  • Taking action to end poverty
  • Bahadur and his family move out of poverty.