Poverty and Freedom: Case Studies on Global Economic Development

by Matt Warner

As experts try to work out how to solve the problem of foreign aid inefficacy, local think tanks committed to removing institutional barriers to economic opportunity are quickly becoming more plentiful and more effective in leading locally relevant change. This book shares case studies from around the globe demonstrating the efficacy of think tanks in leading local-first strategies for change and draws on multidisciplinary insights to make the case for redirecting philanthropic support to high-performing think tanks in the quest to end poverty for good.

202 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 1, 2019

Reviews

[Cameron · Rating 2 out of 5]

I got this book for free at a conference, overall it contains some good points about state corruption, the excess of bureaucracy within states disrupting business. However, the issue I have with this book is that it is dogmatically dedicated to free-market ideology, it more often than not defines the success of countries by their ability to adapt to neo-liberalism and by their ease of doing business and does not seem to consider other factors such as inequality and poverty reduction, thus it is limited in its scope, I believe purposely so that it can fit the authors intended narrative, ideally it would engage with other ideas without dismissing them so quickly.