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"An essential book for anyone serious about ending poverty: Kahn makes a passionate, nuanced case that no solution will work unless it empowers the world’s poor with the basic economic, social, and legal rights to assure them a strong voice in shaping their own future.

Hernando de Soto, Chair, Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor

"The Unheard Truth is a passionate and urgent plea for action. Poverty is the world's worst human rights crisis and this book makes a powerful statement about not only why but how we can turn the tide."

Mary Robinson, President, Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (1997-2002), President of Ireland (1990-1997)

“Irene makes a convincing case for putting human rights at the center of the effort to end poverty ….”

Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary-General in the Foreword

“A well argued critique of mainstream thinking on development/poverty. The language avoids jargon while remaining conceptually rigorous and accurate.”

Prof. Sakiko Fukuda Parr, Professor of International Affairs at The New School, New York, USA

“The Unheard Truth-poverty and human rights is not just another book, but a manifesto for our time, a script that urgently needs to be heeded and performed by a growing critical mass……. This book speaks to us in a powerful global voice that brings this global truth to life for our time….. I hope this book inspires many others. If we all had a small part in bringing about a change in the lives of others than there may be a chance to have greater peace in the world”

Professor Muhammad Yunus, Founder and Managing Director, Grameen Bank, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.