{"product_id":"in-the-river-they-swim-essays-from-around-the-world-on-enterprise-solutions-to-poverty-9781599472515","title":"In the River They Swim: Essays from Around the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e The sociologist Thomas Sowell writes, \"We need to confront the most blatant fact that has persisted across centuries of social history—vast ddifferences in productivity among peoples, and the economic and other consequences of such differences.\" Poverty demeans dignity, shrinks the soul, wastes potential, and inflicts suffering on three billion people on our planet. We must also acknowledge that, during the past fifty yyears, the record in international assistance to the least developed countries has been disappointing; the economics-based abstractions developed in the think tanks of Europe and North America are insufficient. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the River They Swim\u003c\/i\u003e is the antithesis of that search for solutions to the next big theory of global poverty. From the fresh perspective of advisors on the frontlines of development to the insight of leaders like President Paul Kagame of Rwanda and Pastor Rick Warren, it tells the story of change in the microcosms of emerging businesses, industries, and governments. These essays display a personal nature to their work that rigorous analysis alone cannot explain. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e We learn that a Sufi master can teach us about the different levels of knowledge, the \"different ways to know a river.\" These practitioners could have written about its length, its source, its depth, its width, the power of its current, and the life it contains. They could have invested time and money to travel to that river so that they could sit on its shores and look at it, feel the sand that borders it, and watch the birds at play over it. Instead, they dove in to swim in the river, felt its current along their bodies, and tasted something of it. They wondered, briefly, if they had the strength to swim its length, and now they share the answer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e If human development is a river, the authors in this volume, and perhaps some readers, will no longer be satisfied to stand along its banks. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e Foreword: Fighting Poverty with Purpose \/ xi\u003cbr\u003e Dr. Rick Warren \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Acknowledgments \/ xvii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction \/ 3 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Part I: The Journey \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 1. The Backbone of a New Rwanda \/ 11\u003cbr\u003e H. E. President Paul Kagame \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 2. Flight VS 56: Riding the Cultural Divide \/ 15\u003cbr\u003e Malik Fal \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 3. A Space Alien in Chaps \/ 23\u003cbr\u003e Anne Morriss \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 4. A Mind for the Poor \/ 28\u003cbr\u003e Andreas Widmer \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 5. Waiting for Mr. Anderson \/ 35\u003cbr\u003e Kenneth Hynes \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 6. My Faith in Capitalism \/ 40\u003cbr\u003e Andreas Widmer \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 7. Nature Is Destiny, and the More Nature, the Worse the Destiny \/ 48\u003cbr\u003e Sally Christie \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 8. Locomotives, Needles, and Aid \/ 55\u003cbr\u003e Malik Fal \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 9. On Globalization \/ 66\u003cbr\u003e Michael Fairbanks \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 10. The Merits of Change \/ 75\u003cbr\u003e Luis Alberto Moreno \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Part II: Strategies for Prosperity \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 11. Claver’s Wall \/ 83\u003cbr\u003e Malik Fal \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 12. Leadership, in Context \/ 97\u003cbr\u003e Ashraf Ghani \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 13. Selling Culture without Selling Out \/ 103\u003cbr\u003e Marcela Escobari- Rose \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 14. The Afghan Method \/ 113\u003cbr\u003e Diego Garcia Etcheto \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 15. Global Strategy in Old Kabul \/ 125\u003cbr\u003e Robert Henning \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 16. After God, It’s Customer Relations \/ 134\u003cbr\u003e Aref Adamali \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 17. The Longest Roundabout in the World \/ 140\u003cbr\u003e David I. Rabkin \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 18. Alexander the Great, Mother Teresa, and Arse \/ 146\u003cbr\u003e Michael Brennan \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 19. Archimedes’ Formidable Dare \/ 155\u003cbr\u003e Eric Kacou \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Part III: Globalization \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 20. On Presidents \/ 167\u003cbr\u003e Michael Fairbanks \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 21. The Risk of Dreams \/ 177\u003cbr\u003e David I. Rabkin \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 22. Praying to the Virgin of Guadalupe \/ 188\u003cbr\u003e Marcela Escobari- Rose \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 23. Our Greatest Fear \/ 196\u003cbr\u003e Michael Fairbanks and David I. Rabkin \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 24. Changing Mindsets \/ 205\u003cbr\u003e Donald Kaberuka \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 25. Entire, unto Himself \/ 209\u003cbr\u003e Elizabeth Hooper \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 26. “When Are You Coming Back?” \/ 218\u003cbr\u003e Diego Garcia Etcheto \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 27. “That’s My Duck!” (The Case for Integration) \/ 227\u003cbr\u003e by Michael Fairbanks \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 28. “Mr. President, Tear Down the Walls!” \/ 236\u003cbr\u003e Kwang W. Kim \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 29. Deciding What Not to Do \/ 246\u003cbr\u003e Eric Kacou \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Epilogue \/ 255 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e List of Contributors \/ 257 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Index \/ 261 \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Templeton Foundation Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041581957463,"sku":"9781599472515","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781599472515.jpg?v=1750950876","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/in-the-river-they-swim-essays-from-around-the-world-on-enterprise-solutions-to-poverty-9781599472515","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}