Out of Poverty What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail

Name: Out of Poverty What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail
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ISBN: 9781576754498

ISBN-10: 1576754499

ISBN-13: 9781576754498

Edition: 2008

Authors: Paul Polak, Arbinger Institute

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Based on his 25 years of experience, Polak explodes what he calls the "Three Great Poverty Eradication Myths": that we can donate people out of poverty, that national economic growth will end poverty, and that Big Business, operating as it does now, will end poverty. Polak shows that programs based on these ideas have utterly failed--in fact, in sub-Saharan Africa poverty rates have actually gone up. These failed top-down efforts contrast sharply with the grassroots approach Polak and IDE have championed: helping the dollar-a-day poor earn more money through their own efforts. Amazingly enough, unexploited market opportunities do exist for the desperately poor. Polak describes how he and…

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List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/1/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 232
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Preface


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


Notes


Resources


Acknowledgments


Index


About the Author


About IDE