The World Bank - Working for a world free of poverty
Two books on poverty and social business recently published. The Economist reviews them in the interesting Yogurt or Cucumber?
Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and The Future of Capitalism, by Muhammad Yunus, and Out of Poverty: What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail, by Paul Polak.
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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 .
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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.
I have heared this alot and
I have heared this alot and I think it is true, that people have to keep focusing on the solution. Even tho this seems impossible at times. Anyways, I have read the Economists Review for a bit and I think I am going to buy Yunus`s Book, the other one seems interesting too. I never read anything about Muhammad Yunus before and now I am glad that I stumbled over this book thanks to your Blog.
Cheers
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