Globalization Gap, The: How the Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Left Further Behind

Chapter . Acknowledgments

This is one of those rare books that initially seemed almost to write itself. The world fell out onto its pages, and I just happened to be present to write it down. But then a number of people facilitated the process of improving the manuscript from its rough first version to the finished product who deserve a word of thanks. Conversations with former Ambassador Jorge Pinto of Mexico, now a colleague at Pace University, were invaluable in strengthening my focus on opportunity and in alerting me to the importance of transparency in the Nongovernmental Organization solution I end up advocating. Another Mexican, Virginia Sanchez, provided an example of helping to organize such self-reliance on the part of those who are disadvantaged ...