Blue Sweater Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World

Name: Blue Sweater Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World
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ISBN: 9781605294766

ISBN-10: 1605294764

ISBN-13: 9781605294766

Edition: 2009

Authors: Jacqueline Novogratz

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Eleven years after donating her blue sweater to Goodwill, Novogratz spotted a young boy in Africa wearing that very sweater. In that moment, she realized how all people are connected, which set the author on a lifelong course to fight poverty worldwide.

Book details

List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale
Publication date: 2/16/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.79" wide x 8.62" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English

Jacqueline Novogratz is founder and CEO of Acumen Fund, a nonprofit venture capital firm for the poor that invests in sustainable enterprises bringing healthcare, safe water, alternative energy, and housing to low-income people in the developing world. A serial entrepreneur in the social sector, she travels frequently and currently resides in New York City.



Prologue



Innocent Abroad



A Bird on the Outside, a Tiger Within



Context Matters



Basket Economics and Political Realities



The Blue Bakery



Dancing in the Dark



Traveling without a Road Map



A New Learning Curve



Blue Paint on the Road



Retribution and Resurrection



The Cost of Silence



Institutions Matter



The Education of a Patient Capitalist



Building Brick by Brick



Taking it to Scale



The World We Dream, the Future We Create Together


Acknowledgments


Reader's Guide


Suggested Reading


Index