Editors Halkias (U. of Bergamo, Italy) and Thurman (Columbia U., US) are both social scientists who are deeply involved with the topic announced in the title. They are members of an association
called Business Fights Poverty and editors of the International Journal of Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation, among other affiliations and activities. Their prologue to this volume
explores the question of whether business can really alleviate poverty. An introductory essay (by a contributing author) asserts the affirmative--that enterprise, technology, and people are
changing the way we live and can, indeed, fight poverty. Following are 21 contributions addressing the issues as they manifest in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. The volume is
distributed by Ashgate. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
