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The Idealist by Nina Munk
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYBloomberg . Forbes . The Spectator
Recipient of Foreign Policy's 2013 Albie Award
In 2006, Jeffrey Sachs-celebrated economist, special advisor to the Secretary General of the United Nations, and author of the influential bestseller The End of Poverty- launched the Millennium Villages Project, a daring, $120-million experiment designed to test his theories about ending poverty. For six years, Nina Munk shadowed Sachs on his trips to Africa, listened in on conversations with heads-of-state and humanitarian organizations, and immersed herself in the lives of people in two remote African villages. Munk came to understand the real-life issues that challenge Sachs's 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 realities of human life.
Munk, Nina: - Nina Munk is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. A former senior writer for Fortune, her work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, and Forbes. Born in Canada, she lives in New York City.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780767929424 |
| ISBN 10 | 076792942X |
| Title | The Idealist |
| Author | Nina Munk |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2014-10-07 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
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