A preview of the unpublished book A CIVILIZATION WITHOUT A VISION WILL PERISH: AN INDEPENDENT SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH by David Willis. CHAPTER 1: INDIFFERENCE (Part 7). A continuation of the review of The Nature of Mass Poverty by John Kenneth Galbraith The politics of poverty is different from the politics of affluence Advice on …
A preview of the unpublished book A CIVILIZATION WITHOUT A VISION WILL PERISH: AN INDEPENDENT SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH by David Willis. CHAPTER 1: INDIFFERENCE (Part 6). Continuation of the review of The Nature of Mass Poverty by John Kenneth Galbraith Four success stories Since World War II, four hitherto poor communities have enjoyed a …
A preview of the unpublished book A CIVILIZATION WITHOUT A VISION WILL PERISH: AN INDEPENDENT SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH by David Willis. CHAPTER 1: INDIFFERENCE (Part 5). A review of The Nature of Mass Poverty by John Kenneth Galbraith THE NATURE OF MASS POVERTY Not from thought but from convenience Harvard Professor John Kenneth Galbraith …
THE POST DEVELOPMENT READER EDITED BY MAJID RAHNEMA WITH VICTORIA BAWTREE ZED BOOKS 1997 PART 3 Introduction by Majid Rahnema (cont.) Part Four starts with a forceful demonstration by Susan George of the ways ‘the poor are developing the rich’, thanks to development practices. Eduardo Galeano follows by telling us the sad story of …
THE POST DEVELOPMENT READER EDITED BY MAJID RAHNEMA WITH VICTORIA BAWTREE ZED BOOKS 1997 PART 2 Introduction by Majid Rahnema (cont.) The contributions to this Reader have been classified in five parts. Part One pictures a number of world societies in the pre-development era. It starts with excerpts from Marshal Sahlins’ Stone Age Economics. …
THE POST-DEVELOPMENT READER EDITED BY MAJID RAHNEMA WITH VICTORIA BAWTREE ZED BOOKS 1997 PART 1 Back cover With the collapse of colonialism, the millions who had joined the struggle accepted their leaders’ new call for ‘development’. Little today remains of that enthusiasm. The question they now ask is: can anything be done to stop …
FOOD FIRST BEYOND THE MYTH OF SCARCITY FRANCES MOORE LAPPE & JOSEPH COLLINS HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON 1977 PART X Chapter 11. Why Can’t People Feed Themselves? (Cont.) Plantations A second approach was direct takeover of the land either by the colonizing government or by private foreign interests. Previously self-provisioning farmers were forced to cultivate …
THE FORTUNE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PYRAMID ERADICATING POVERTY THROUGH PROFITS C.K. PRAHALAD REVISED AND UPDATED 5TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION WHARTON SCHOOL PUBLISHING 2004/2010 PART II PART I: PRIVATE SECTOR AND POVERTY PROGRESS DURING 2004-2009 New Introduction: Private Sector and Poverty: Progress During 2004-2009 Five years is not a long time to evaluate …
ENDING GLOBAL POVERTY A GUIDE TO WHAT WORKS STEPHEN C. SMITH PALGRAVE MACMILLAN 2005 PART VII Chapter 4: Basic Education In rural areas, and among the poorest families, even with the abolition of primary school tuition, many children do little more than enrol in school, if even that. Though school may become nominally free, in …
THE FORTUNE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PYRAMID ERADICATING POVERTY THROUGH PROFITS C.K. PRAHALAD REVISED AND UPDATED 5TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION WHARTON SCHOOL PUBLISHING 2004/2010 Back cover: An Idea Can Change the World v How to serve the world’s poorest people and make a profit v New strategies and tactics for building winning businesses in …
