Bibliograph

The Blue Sweater, Bridging the Gap between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World, Jacqueline Novogratz

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The Blue Sweater, Bridging the Gap between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World, Jacqueline Novogratz

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Blue Sweater

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

897388846

Responsibility statement

Jacqueline Novogratz

Sub title

Bridging the Gap between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World

Summary

The Blue Sweater is the inspiring story of a woman who left a career in international banking to spend her life on a quest to understand global poverty and find powerful new ways of tackling it. It all started back home in Virginia, with the blue sweater, a gift that quickly became her prized possession, until the day she outgrew it and gave it away to Goodwill. Eleven years later in Africa, she spotted a young boy wearing that very sweater, with her name still on the tag inside. That the sweater had made its trek all the way to Rwanda was ample evidence, she thought, of how we are all connected, how our actions and inactions touch people every day across the globe, people we may never know or meet. From her first stumbling efforts as a young idealist venturing forth in Africa to the creation of the trailblazing organization she runs today, Novogratz tells gripping stories with unforgettable characters; women dancing in a Nairobi slum, unwed mothers starting a bakery, courageous survivors of the Rwandan genocide, entrepreneurs building services for the poor against impossible odds.She shows, in ways both hilarious and heartbreaking, how traditional charity often fails, but how a new form of philanthropic investing called "patient capital" can help make people self-sufficient and can change millions of lives. More than just an autobiography or a how-to guide to addressing poverty, The Blue Sweater is a call to action that challenges us to grant dignity to the poor and to rethink our engagement with the world

Table Of Contents

Title Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; PROLOGUE; CHAPTER 1: INNOCENT ABROAD; CHAPTER 2: A BIRD ON THE OUTSIDE, A TIGER WITHIN; CHAPTER 3: CONTEXT MATTERS; CHAPTER 4: BASKET ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL REALITIES; CHAPTER 5: THE BLUE BAKERY; CHAPTER 6: DANCING IN THE DARK; CHAPTER 7: TRAVELING WITHOUT A ROAD MAP; CHAPTER 8: A NEW LEARNING CURVE; CHAPTER 9: BLUE PAINT ON THE ROAD; CHAPTER 10: RETRIBUTION AND RESURRECTION; CHAPTER 11: THE COST OF SILENCE; CHAPTER 12: INSTITUTIONS MATTER; CHAPTER 13: THE EDUCATION OF A PATIENT CAPITALIST; CHAPTER 14: BUILDING BRICK BY BRICKCHAPTER 15: TAKING IT TO SCALE; CHAPTER 16: THE WORLD WE DREAM, THE FUTURE WE CREATE TOGETHER; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INDEX; A, B, C; D, E, F; G, H, I; J, K, L; M, N, O; P, Q, R; S, T, U; V, W, X; Y, Z; Copyright

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