The fight to eliminate world poverty is being severely hampered by corrupt leaders in developing countries. According to the African Union, some $150 billion is lost every year to corruption in Africa. In China, it is estimated...
Developing countries
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Author:Cullen, RoySummary: -
Author:Perkins, JohnSummary:Perkins' New York Times bestseller is now expanded, with fifteen explosive new chapters about how economic hit men cheat countries around the globe, bringing the facts up-to-date and, chillingly, home to the United States--but it also...
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Author:Soto, Hernando deSummary:"The hour of capitalism's greatest triumph," writes Hernando de Soto, "is, in the eyes of four-fifths of humanity, its hour of crisis." In The Mystery of Capital, the world-famous Peruvian economist takes up the question that, more than...
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Author:Sachs, Jeffrey D.Summary: -
Author:Willis, Raelynn, Gowey, BrandieSummary:Each photograph in Hungry Hearted Kids captures the story behind a child’s eyes. It ignites a desire to listen to the unheard passions, joys and pain of innocent hearts. It aids us all to connect to a larger world view and motivates a...
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Author:Summary: - Author:Fisette, Jacques, Raffinot, MarcSummary:
La gouvernance représente l'une des plus importantes innovations conceptuelles des quinze dernières années dans le discours de l'aide au développement. A-t-elle pour autant transformé les pratiques? A-t-elle conduit à une plus grande...
- Author:Masaeli, Mahmoud, Munro, Lauchlan T.Summary:
Comment se déploient les interventions du Canada en matière de développement international et de mondialisation ? Bien au-delà de l’aide à l’étranger, celles-ci touchent la diplomatie, le commerce, les finances, l’aide, l’immigration,...
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Author:Fitzgerald, Marilyn A.Summary:If I Had a Water Buffalo poignantly explores the critical difference in outcomes when offering a hand up rather than giving a handout. A seemingly simple request for a water buffalo by an impoverished rice farmer proves to be the...
