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Yogurt or cucumber? Two new books on Poverty

By Ignacio
Created 02/26/2008 - 16:54

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Two books on poverty and social business recently published. The Economist reviews them in the interesting Yogurt or Cucumber? [3]

Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and The Future of Capitalism [4], by Muhammad Yunus [5], and Out of Poverty: What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail [6], by Paul Polak [7].


Comments

  1. Dr Diarra (not verified) Says:

    Many strategies are offered to mitigate poverty in Mali my country but all approaches do not take in count communities or socities civil particition for ex the micro-bank in rural contex for women is a grant advatage for them to mitigate families charge , it is aso necessery to put mutualism participation of population in health indicators .

  2. Sebastian Lugert (not verified) Says:

    All the books on this subject are really interesting. These new ones surely are interesting, too. The Problem is not to understand the problem and to think of solutions - it is to act.

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