The Great Surge: The Ascent of the Developing World

The Great Surge: The Ascent of the Developing World

The untold story of the global poor: â€œPowerful, lucid, and revelatory, The Great Surgeâ€¦offers indispensable prescriptions about sustaining global economic progress into the futureâ€ (George Soros, chairman of Soros Fund Management).

We live today at a time of great progress for the global poor. Never before have so many people, in so many developing countries, made so much progress, in so short a time in reducing poverty, increasing incomes, improving health, reducing conflict and war, and spreading democracy.

Most people believe the opposite: that with a few exceptions like China and India, the majority of developing countries are hopelessly mired in deep poverty, led by inept dictators, and have little hope for change. But a major transformation is underwayâ€”and has been for two decades now. Since the early 1990s more than 700 million people have been lifted out of extreme poverty, six million fewer children die every year from disease, tens of millions more girls are in school, millions more people have access to clean water, and democracyâ€”often fragile and imperfectâ€”has become the norm in developing countries around the world.

â€œA terrific bookâ€ (Nick Kristof, The New York Times), The Great Surge chronicles this unprecedented economic, social, and political transformation. It shows how the end of the Cold War, the development of new technologies, globalization, and courageous local leadership have combined to improve the fate of hundreds of millions of people in poor countries around the world. Most importantly, The Great Surge reveals how we can accelerate the progress.
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781476764795
ReleaseDate 2016-11-22
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781476764795

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781476764795
ReleaseDate	2016-11-22
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781476764795

The Great Surge: The Ascent of the Developing World

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