The Idealist - Jeffrey Sachs and the Quest to End Poverty (Paperback)

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
"Bloomberg" - "Forbes" - "The Spectator
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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.