Out of poverty : what works when traditional approaches fail / Paul Polak.
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TextSeries: A BK currents bookPublication details: San Francisco, Calif. : Berrett-Koehler, c2008Edition: 1st edDescription: xi, 232 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 9781576754498 (hardcover : alk. paper); 1576754499 (hardcover : alk. paper)Subject(s): Poverty | Social WelfareDDC classification: 362.5 POL LOC classification: HC79.P6 | P66 2008Online resources: Table of contents only | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-217) and index.
Introduction: learning to do the simple and obvious -- Twelve steps to practical problem solving -- The three great poverty eradication myths -- It all starts with making more money -- Design for the other 90 percent -- From subsistence to new income -- Affordable small-plot irrigation -- A new agriculture for one-acre farms -- Creating vibrant new markets that serve poor customers -- Slums : the incubator for new income opportunities -- Poverty and the planet -- Taking action to end poverty -- Bahadur and his family move out of poverty.
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