In the News: Questioning the Millennium Villages Project

From the Tiny Spark Blog, Amy Costello interviews author Nina Monk, who reported on Jeffrey Sachs’ multimillion dollar effort to eradicate poverty in Africa. Listen to the interview, “Tracking One Man’s Quest to End Extreme Poverty,” where Monk delves into the problem of applying Western academic approaches directly to issues on the ground without taking into account local needs, cultures, strengths, and problems.