The average user rating for this Book is 5.3 out of 10 (based on 10 Votes).
ghordie gave it a2: book sucked, sachs is way too extreme....goals are too high, hes trying to bite off more than he can chew...read william easterlys book "the white mans burden". it counters sachs book and is much more practical.
A Name gave it a4: As a presentation of answers there is certainly little innovativeness in this volume. It happens however that such is in no way necessary for this book to serve its purpose. Contained within the covers of The End of Poverty is certainly a call to action more so than an introduction of a plan, but I fail to see how that doesn’t fit the title. Rather, the book suffers from being far too emotionless in prose as to accomplish even this and also from droning on through a set of repeats where finally as he reaches the end he italicizes the lines and declares once more “the point is….” for each one. Truth is, a large amount of what is reported in no way serves the reader’s particular want for knowledge in having picked this up and indeed by the end the reader is left with the sad sensation that the numbers have been twisted on them even by this man of respectable status, whether the words are libel or not. Also pitifully enough, the man’s lack of experience in being impoverished bleeds through every word. The only thing that salvages the few points I have given it is the existence of a plethora of facts and that it is well written even if its matter is not fitting.
Rachel C gave it a5: Overall, this book contains a very dry, unemotional interpretation of how to end poverty. After the first six chapters ithe economic babble sounds like blah, blah, blah. The truth is, despite Sachs feelings industrialized countries are just too caught up in making money that they fail to remember to give. History repeats itself. This is a dry book that means well.
Richard C gave it a9: I have read the book. As a middle aged activist in favour of huge increases in aid from the rich countries, I found the arguments well made. The personal material made a good read as well.
[Anonymous] gave it a1: Jeffrey Sachs displays the same narrow economic approach to development that has characterised the mainstream development consensus over the past 60 years. Given 60 years of failure, why should more funding or a bit of tweaking make any difference? This book completely fails to address the real issues that underly global poverty in anything more than a cursory fashion - if at all.
anthony a gave it a10: The author makes a fascinating and articulate argument for the eradication of extreme poverty to the developed world. Human existence will only continue to exist if human beings serves as their fellow keepers
Jason E gave it a0: A whiny, useless book with no real answers. Sachs believes that technology can fix the world, despite all evidence of human nature to the contrary.
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