Fighting Poverty Together

In this hard-hitting polemical Karnani demonstrates what is wrong with today's approaches to reducing poverty. He proposes an eclectic approach to poverty reduction that emphasizes the need for business, government and civil society to partner together to create employment opportunities for the poor.

Autorentext
ANEEL KARNANI Associate Professor of Strategy with the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, USA.

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Fighting Poverty PART I: FAILURE OF THE LIBERTARIAN APPROACH Microcredit Misses its Mark Mirage at the Base of the Pyramid Romanticizing the Poor PART II: FIGHTING POVERTY Selling Beneficial Goods to the Poor Employment is the Solution More Government, Please Social Entrepreneurship: Beyond the Hype