Why global poverty is more than an abstract moral issue: the surprising, direct impact it has on your life.
We see the faces of the hungry, unemployed, and homeless. We know about mothers who experience their children dying young from diarrhea, who die in childbirth; the millions who have tuberculosis, malaria, or HIV/AIDS. But what is the impact on the rest of us—the nonpoor? We suggest it is enormous.
If you liked this Element, read more from Philip Kotler and Nancy R. Lee, including Up and Out of Poverty: The Social Marketing Solution (ISBN: 9780137141005).
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