The blue sweater : bridging the gap between rich and poor in an interconnected world /
Jacqueline Novogratz.
- New York : Rodale, 2009.
- x, 262 p ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Innocent abroad -- A bird on the outside, a tiger within -- Context matters -- Basket economics and political realities -- The blue bakery -- Dancing in the dark -- Traveling without a road map -- A new learning curve -- Blue paint on the road -- Retribution and resurrection -- The cost of silence -- Institutions matter -- The education of a patient capitalist -- Building brick by brick -- Taking it to scale -- The world we dream, the future we create together.
Kirkus Starred. Library Journal.
The author, a former international banker, relates her experiences trying to understand global poverty and working with the poor, and suggests ways in which the situation should be addressed.