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Getting better : why global development is succeeding : and how we can improve the world even more / Charles Kenny.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Basic Books, c2011.Description: x, 246 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780465020157 (alk. paper)
  • 0465020151 (alk. paper)
Uniform titles:
  • why global development is succeeding : and how we can improve the world even more /
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306 22 KEN
LOC classification:
  • HD75 .K46 2011
Contents:
Abandoning hope -- The bad news : diverging incomes -- The worse news : it's hard to raise growth rates -- The good news : the end of the Malthusian trap -- The better news : the great convergence in quality of life -- The great news : the best things in life are cheap -- Drivers of the better life : innovation and ideas -- Policies for the quality of life -- The global agenda -- Conclusion : realistic optimism.
Item type: Book
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-234) and index.

Abandoning hope -- The bad news : diverging incomes -- The worse news : it's hard to raise growth rates -- The good news : the end of the Malthusian trap -- The better news : the great convergence in quality of life -- The great news : the best things in life are cheap -- Drivers of the better life : innovation and ideas -- Policies for the quality of life -- The global agenda -- Conclusion : realistic optimism.

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