Binding: Paperback
Description: As the income gap between developed and developing nations grows so grows the cacophony of voices claiming that the quest to find a simple recipe for economic growth has failed. Getting Better in sharp contrast reports the good news about global progress. Economist Charles Kenny argues against development naysayers by pointing to the evidence of widespread improvements in health education peace liberty - and even happiness. Kenny shows how the spread of cheap technologies such as vaccines and bed nets and ideas such as political rights has transformed the world. He also shows that by understanding this transformation we can make the world an even better place to live. That's not to say that life is grand for everyone or that we don't have a long way to go. But improvements have spread far and according to Kenny they can spread even further.
Title: Getting Better Why Global Development Is Succeeding - - And How We Can Improve The World Even More
Author(s): Kenny Charles
Publisher: Basic Books
Barcode: 9780465031030
Pages: 272 Pages
Publication Date: 12/4/2012
Category: Development Economics & Emerging Economies