World poverty in the 21st century -- Failed strategies in the alleviation of poverty -- Mental models and contributing biases on global poverty -- Narratives of multinational for-profit enterprises and corporate social responsibility -- Global poverty and moral imagination -- Institutional...

The Novartis Foundation and various donors undertook a risk-assessment of how REPSSI could be brought to other African countries both legally and effectively. The original initiative had to be transformed into an organization, and a host country had to be chosen to implement the program. South...

The increasing problems of millions of HIV/AIDS orphans and the perceived need for an innovative and creative solution to tackle the psychological, social, and economic needs of vulnerable children tipped the scales in favor of accepting sociologist Kurt Madörin's proposal: Klaus Leisinger and...

Cover -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Poverty is a system -- Pyramid to diamond -- Systems thinking -- On-the-ground systemic challenges -- Systems thinking and the...