to survey probably the most sumptuous facilities on Earth, and afterward propelled by a chance experience in Dubai with the bankrupted laborers whose backbreaking employments make such plushness

Sway Harris had an epiphany: He would transform his own favorable luck into a push to improve lives like theirs. Bounce discovered his approach to Kiva, the main entrance through which people make microloans everywhere throughout the world: for as meager as $25-50, organizations are financed and individuals are elevated.

Amazingly, the reimbursement rate was about 99%, so he re-credited the cash to others again and again.

Subsequent to making several microloans on the web, Bob needed to see the outcomes direct, and in The International Bank of Bob he goes from Peru and Bosnia to Rwanda and Cambodia, acquainting us with probably the most moving and venturesome individuals

while lighting up everyday life-political and enthusiastic in a significant part of the world that Americans never see. Told with amusingness and sympathy, The International Bank of Bob conveys the world to the doorstep, and clarifies that each of us can, really, improve it.


Published: 03-05-2013
Format: Hardback
Edition: 1st
Extent: 416
ISBN: 9780802777515
Imprint: Walker Books
Illustrations: 16-page 4/c insert, maps on chap openers
Dimensions: 6 1/8" x 9 1/4"
List price: $26.00