The end of poverty: economic possibilities for our time

Foreword / Bono

A global family portrait

- The spread of economic prosperity

- Why some countries fail to thrive

- Clinical economics

- Bolivia's high-altitude hyperinflation

- Poland's return to Europe

- Reaping the whirlwind: Russia's struggle for normalcy

- China: catching up after half a millennium

- India's market reforms: the triumph of hope over fear

- The voiceless dying: Africa and disease

- The Millennium, 9/11, and the United Nations

- On-the-ground solutions for ending poverty

- Making the investments needed to end poverty

- A global compact to end poverty

- Can the rich afford to help the poor?

- Myths and magic bullets

- Why we should do it

- Our generation's challenge.

Foreword / Bono

A global family portrait

The spread of economic prosperity

Why some countries fail to thrive

Clinical economics

Bolivia's high-altitude hyperinflation

Poland's return to Europe

Reaping the whirlwind: Russia's struggle for normalcy

China: catching up after half a millennium

India's market reforms: the triumph of hope over fear

The voiceless dying: Africa and disease

The Millennium, 9/11, and the United Nations

On-the-ground solutions for ending poverty

Making the investments needed to end poverty

A global compact to end poverty

Can the rich afford to help the poor?

Myths and magic bullets

Why we should do it

Our generation's challenge.