The Idealist
Author: Munk, Nina
ISBN: 9780767929424
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 15 Oct 2014
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback / softback
A powerful portrayal of Jeffrey Sachs' ambitious quest to end global poverty.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
Bloomberg . Forbes . The Spectator
Recipient of Foreign Policy's 2013 Albie Award
In 2006, Jeffrey Sachs-celebrated economist, special advisor to the Secretary General of the United Nations, and author of the influential bestseller The End of Poverty- launched the Millennium Villages Project, a daring, $120-million experiment designed to test his theories about ending poverty. For six years, Nina Munk shadowed Sachs on his trips to Africa, listened in on conversations with heads-of-state and humanitarian organizations, and immersed herself in the lives of people in two remote African villages. Munk came to understand the real-life issues that challenge Sachs's formula for ending global poverty. The Idealist is the profound and moving story of what happens when the abstract theories of a brilliant, driven man meet the realities of human life.
ISBN: 9780767929424
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 15 Oct 2014
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback / softback
A powerful portrayal of Jeffrey Sachs' ambitious quest to end global poverty.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
Bloomberg . Forbes . The Spectator
Recipient of Foreign Policy's 2013 Albie Award
In 2006, Jeffrey Sachs-celebrated economist, special advisor to the Secretary General of the United Nations, and author of the influential bestseller The End of Poverty- launched the Millennium Villages Project, a daring, $120-million experiment designed to test his theories about ending poverty. For six years, Nina Munk shadowed Sachs on his trips to Africa, listened in on conversations with heads-of-state and humanitarian organizations, and immersed herself in the lives of people in two remote African villages. Munk came to understand the real-life issues that challenge Sachs's formula for ending global poverty. The Idealist is the profound and moving story of what happens when the abstract theories of a brilliant, driven man meet the realities of human life.
