Archive for November, 2007
Friday, November 30th, 2007
Jeffrey Sachs: why - and how - we should act
Over the last few weeks (and months) we’ve gone on a bit of an odyssey through Jeffrey Sachs’ The End of Poverty and found out how the man the New York Times calls “probably the world’s most important economist” believes that with carefully targeted interventions in health, education and agriculture, along with reform of governance […]
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Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
Jeffrey Sachs wants your money
After some introductory economics lessons and a bit of autobiography, we’ve finally got through Jeffrey Sachs’ plan for eliminating poverty by 2025. Now it’s time to answer the key question: go on then, how much?
The short answer: $135bn a year - as opposed to the $65bn/yr currently being spent - now, rising to $195bn a […]
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Saturday, November 24th, 2007
Scaling up 2: Global Compact
Last time, we saw how Jeffrey Sachs outlines the case for greater investment through aid in developing countries: how, he argues, an increase in six different kinds of capital - human, business, infrastructure, the environment, public institutions, and knowledge - can make the difference between an economy growing out of poverty, and one sinking ever […]
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