The title of this book is a bit misleading. It does not propose a strategy to end poverty, but
instead to end extreme poverty in Africa. There is extreme poverty elsewhere in the third …

In his latest book 'The End of Poverty'professor Jeffrey Sachs attempts to tackle issues of
underdevelopment and global poverty in a book that reads like a cross between an …

This book provides information on the incidence and forms of poverty in Southern and
Central Africa and the variety of strategies and programmes by governments, aid agencies …

NEW YORK Africa's escape route from extreme poverty has now been charted. Several
recent studies, including those by The New Partnership for Africa's Development, the United …

Contrary to the image contrived from the title and the pre-conceived notions in our mind
about how this task is insurmountably difficult to achieve in the near or distant future, the …

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This commentary is designed to provide a critique of Jeffrey Sachs' The End of Poverty: How
We Can Make It Happen In Our Lifetime, highlighting in particular the difficulties that arise …

This book is part of the growing genre of literature that seeks to deepen our understanding of
the causes of poverty and how to address it. The author, Paul Collier, is Professor of …

“After the lifting of the Iron curtain between East and West, it is the great challenge of our
time, now, to lift the Golden curtain which separates us in the North from the people in the …

I would go further and argue that this applies to all economies, at whatever stage of
development, and is relevant to some of the issues I will discuss in this lecture. My focus …