Out of Poverty What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail

Name: Out of Poverty What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail
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ISBN: 9781605092768

ISBN-10: 1605092762

ISBN-13: 9781605092768

Edition: 2009

Authors: Paul Polak

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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: $14.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English




Poverty's Myths & Realities



The Three Great Poverty Eradication Myths



It All Starts With Making More Money



Grassroots Enterprises: The Vehicle for New Income



Creating New Wealth From Grassroots Enterprises



From Subsistence to Cash Income for Small Farm Enterprises



A New Agriculture for One Acre Farms



Affordable Irrigation Breakthroughs for Small Farms



Creating Vibrant New Rural Markets



Design for the Other Ninety Percent



Stimulating Jobs and Grassroots Enterprises in Urban Slums



Grassroots Enterprise and Second Order Interventions: Education, Health, Energy, Water and Sanitation, Housing and Transport



The Way Forward



Creating New Wealth from Grassroots Enterprises: Twelve Steps



Taking Action to End Poverty