ENGLISH

Getting Better: Why Global Development Is Succeeding--And How We Can Improve the World Even More

By Charles , Kenny

Book information

Publisher
Basic Books
Year
2012
ISBN
9780465032884, 0465032885
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
353 kB (361845 bytes)
Edition
2nd ed
Pages
273 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Cultural Policy;

Description

An expert on the developing world reflects--with optimism--on the past fifty years of aid interventions.;Foreword to the Paperback Edition by Bill Gates; Prologue; 1. Abandoning Hope; 2. The Bad News: Diverging Incomes; 3. The Worse News: It's Hard to Raise Growth Rates; 4. The Good News: The End of the Malthusian Trap; 5. The Better News; The Great Convergence in Quality of Life; 6. The Great News: The Best Things in Life Are Cheap; 7. Drivers of the Better Life: Innovation and Ideas; 8. Policies for Quality of Life; 9. The Global Agenda; 10. Conclusion: Realistic Optimism; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index. Foreword to the Paperback Edition by Bill Gates Prologue 1. Abandoning Hope 2. The Bad News: Diverging Incomes 3. The Worse News: It's Hard to Raise Growth Rates 4. The Good News: The End of the Malthusian Trap 5. The Better News The Great Convergence in Quality of Life 6. The Great News: The Best Things in Life Are Cheap 7. Drivers of the Better Life: Innovation and Ideas 8. Policies for Quality of Life 9. The Global Agenda 10. Conclusion: Realistic Optimism Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index.

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