{"product_id":"the-idealist-jeffrey-sachs-and-the-quest-to-end-poverty","title":"The Idealist: Jeffrey Sachs and the Quest to End Poverty","description":"\u003cp\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Bloomberg  Forbes  The Spectator  Recipient of Foreign Policys 2013 Albie Award  A powerful portrayal of Jeffrey Sachss ambitious quest to end global poverty  \"The poor you will always have with you \" to cite the Gospel of Matthew 26:11. Jeffrey Sachscelebrated economist  special advisor to the Secretary General of the United Nations  and author of the influential bestseller The End of Povertydisagrees. In his view  poverty is a problem that can be solved. With single-minded determination he has attempted to put into practice his theories about ending extreme poverty  to prove that the worlds most destitute people can be lifted onto \"the ladder of development.\"  In 2006  Sachs launched the Millennium Villages Project  a daring five-year experiment designed to test his theories in Africa. The first Millennium village was in Sauri  a remote cluster of farming communities in western Kenya. The initial results were encouraging. With his first taste of success  and backed by one hundred twenty million dollars from George Soros and other likeminded donors  Sachs rolled out a dozen model villages in ten sub-Saharan countries. Once his approach was validated it would be scaled up across the entire continent. At least that was the idea.  For the past six years  Nina Munk has reported deeply on the Millennium Villages Project  accompanying Sachs on his official trips to Africa and listening in on conversations with heads-of-state  humanitarian organizations  rival economists  and development experts. She has immersed herself in the lives of people in two Millennium villages: Ruhiira  in southwest Uganda  and Dertu  in the arid borderland between Kenya and Somalia. Accepting the hospitality of camel herders and small-hold farmers  and witnessing their struggle to survive  Munk came to understand the real-life issues that challenge Sachss formula for ending global poverty.  THE IDEALIST is the profound and moving story of what happens when the abstract theories of a brilliant  driven man meet the reality of human life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44985232195637,"sku":"ByrdShop_0385525818","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780385525817.jpg?v=1770853197","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-idealist-jeffrey-sachs-and-the-quest-to-end-poverty","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}