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245 10 a| Fighting poverty togetherh| [electronic resource] :b| rethinking strategies for business, governments, and civil society to reduce poverty /c| Aneel Karnani.;

250 a| 1st ed.;

260 a| New York :b| Palgrave Macmillan,;

300 a| 297 p. :b| ill. ;c| 25 cm.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-287) and index.;

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506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "Global poverty continues to be a major problem, one that has received much attention and resources for the last 60 years. The developed countries, international institutions such as the World Bank and United Nations, various aid agencies, and civil society have contributed trillions of dollars fighting poverty yet there are more "poor" today than there were a decade ago. In this hard-hitting polemical Karnani demonstrates what is wrong with today's approaches to reducing poverty. He proposes an eclectic approach to poverty reduction that emphasizes the need for business, government and civil society to partner together to create employment opportunities for the poor, arguing that the only way they will ever be truly lifted out of poverty is to create jobs that provide financial support for entire local communities in developing nations."--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Fighting poverty together rethinking strategies for business, governments, and civil society to reduce poverty / Aneel Karnani.

Author/creator	Karnani, Aneel
Format	Electronic
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	New York : Palgrave Macmillan,
Description	297 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Poverty--Government policy. --Developing countries. Job creation--Developing countries.

Contents	Machine generated contents note: -- Chapter 1: Fighting Poverty * Part I: Failure of the Libertarian Approach * Chapter 2: Microcredit Misses its Mark * Chapter 3: Mirage at the Base of the Pyramid * Chapter 4: Romanticizing the Poor * Part II: Fighting Poverty * Chapter 5: Selling Beneficial Goods to the Poor * Chapter 6: Employment is the Solution * Chapter 7: More Government, Please * Chapter 8: Social Entrepreneurship: Beyond the Hype.
Abstract	"Global poverty continues to be a major problem, one that has received much attention and resources for the last 60 years. The developed countries, international institutions such as the World Bank and United Nations, various aid agencies, and civil society have contributed trillions of dollars fighting poverty yet there are more "poor" today than there were a decade ago. In this hard-hitting polemical Karnani demonstrates what is wrong with today's approaches to reducing poverty. He proposes an eclectic approach to poverty reduction that emphasizes the need for business, government and civil society to partner together to create employment opportunities for the poor, arguing that the only way they will ever be truly lifted out of poverty is to create jobs that provide financial support for entire local communities in developing nations."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-287) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2010043760
ISBN	9780230105874
ISBN	0230105874

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