T he challenges of global development can be counted in millions, if not billions: 2 million
preventable infant deaths a year from pneumonia and diarrhea, 61 million children out of …

Politicians, the mainstream media, and orthodox social science have all been telling us of a
final victory of capitalism over socialism, suggesting that capitalism is the only viable option …

"Can massive foreign aid eliminate extreme poverty? : The Sachs-Easterl" by Shalendra
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Introduction continued from inside front cover captained by a man from Grenada, who took
us to visit a friend of his. From the beach where we landed, we walked up an untamed path …

President Lyndon Johnson declared war on poverty in the United States in 1964. 1 At the
time, the US had a very modest commitment to programs, other than public education, aimed …

'It is easy to criticize him. One can criticize him for ignoring politics. If he is so concerned with
the lives of his patients—in a general as well as a medical sense—why does he not see the …

GENEVA—The relationship between poverty and health was the most prominent issue at
the World Health Assembly (WHA), held last month. At this annual gathering, their 55th, the …

Garber (President of IASSW), Frank Turner (Chief Editor) and myself as program chair of that
event. We, among many others, had been deeply concerned about events during the 1980s …

“I f there is a moral to my story—one that I could wish for the entire medical profession—it is
transformation.” In Awakening Hippocrates, Edward O'Neil calls for internationalizing a …