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Inclou el nom: Nina Munk

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Data de naixement
1967
Gènere
female
Llocs de residència
New York, New York, USA
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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I bought this book after I heard the author speak on econtalk. It took me quite a while to get around to reading it. I shouldn't have been daunted; it's a well-written and insightful account of how difficult it is to effect change in Africa.
 
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jvgravy | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | Jun 7, 2016 |
A highly unflattering portrayal of the hubris, condescension and bullying of Jeffrey Sachs as he tries to change the world into one of his own image. A critique of the larger liberal/progressive mindset that if only people would do as they were told by their moral and intellectual "superiors" all would be right with the world.
 
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jmcilree | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | Feb 1, 2014 |
The story of Jeffrey Sachs rise (and fall?). Sachs became a celebrity as an economic shock therapist in Bolivia in the late 1980's and then in Poland and Russia. He then turned his considerable attention to poverty and in particular Africa, wanting to jump-start economic development there. He often argued on the basis of cost-effectiveness, as with the case for controlling malaria, but seems to have been consistently overoptimistic about how to obtain and keep up funding. In addition to disregarding advice on how to implement his changes, in particular on creating local ownership, controlling corruption and creating accountability. Add to this a lack of any strategy for measuring results, it is no surprise that the debate about the impact of Sachs' highly advertised Millennium Villages have become heated. A piece (by Michael Clemence and Gabriel Demombynes, both involved in the debate) about what can be learned about the need for transparency from that controversy can be found here: http://international.cgdev.org/publication/new-transparency-development-economic....

In the book, Sachs comes off as motivated and engaging, but also as righteous, preachy, and someone not tackling criticism or dealing with real-world constraints. Sachs drew much criticism for the effects of his shock therapies, but I believe his approach there was the right one: Acknowledging that there are trade-offs and costs that must be incurred, but that the alternative is worse. When trying to do too much, one may easily end up getting done nothing.
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ohernaes | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | Sep 17, 2013 |
AOL Time Warner (Subject); Case, Steve (Subject); Levin, Jerry (Subject)
 
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LOM-Lausanne | May 1, 2020 |

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Membres
179
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Valoració
4.1
Ressenyes
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ISBN
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