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Getting Better

Why Global Development Is Succeeding--And How We Can Improve the World Even More

Charles Kenny

Discover the good news about global progress with this book! Economist Charles Kenny's "Getting Better" challenges development naysayers by highlighting how technology and political rights have led to widespread improvements in health, education, peace, liberty, and even happiness. Gain a new perspective on the world's transformation and how we can continue to make it an even better place - despite the income gap between developed and developing nations.
Publish Date
2011-03-01T00:00:00.000Z
2011-03-01T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
3.62
ISBN
9780465031030
Recommendations
2
Recommendations
Shines a light on the real successes of aid.      source
2021-04-12T16:14:17.000Z
Kenny's earlier book "Getting Better" was a major inspiration for my Enlightenment Now. Also recommended: His new history of pandemics, and his cheeky "Close the Pentagon" (related to Mueller's The Stupidity of War).      source