The greatest reduction of mass poverty in human history has occurred during the current era of globalization. The world’s poor are now catching up with the rich at a rapid
pace in terms of human well-being–health, education, and life spans. In his new book, Poverty and Progress: Realities and Myths
about Global Poverty, renowned development economist Deepak Lal draws on 50 years of experience around the globe to describe developing-country realities and rectify misguided
notions about economic progress.
Unique among books that have emerged in recent years on world poverty, Poverty and Progress directly
confronts intellectual fads of the West and dismantles a wide range of myths, numbers games, and faulty ideas that have obscured an astounding achievement: the unprecedented spread of economic
progress around the world that is eliminating the scourge of mass poverty.
