Jacqueline will donate her paperback royalties to Acumen Fund and other organizations fighting for social change. More than just an autobiography or a how-to guide to addressing poverty, The Blue Sweate r is a call to action that challenges us to grant dignity to the poor and to rethink our engagement with the world. She shows 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. 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. Jacqueline Novogratz 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. “A book of hope written by a practical idealist who won’t take ‘no’ for an answer when it comes to building a better world.”-Former U.S.
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