This is a good read for anyone interested in global poverty/development as well as for insight into effective philanthropy and private/public partnerships. Novogratz has had incredible experiences and she's very inspiring. I'm being picky with criticism b/c i had an allergic reaction to some of the language that tended to sound like cover-letter/application-speak and b/c I'm left with the feeling that we missed out on a lot of insights/lessons/other commentary on things she chose not to give a lot of air-time to - maybe that's for another book or b/c this one was part-memoir. Still, a bolder edit would have made this better.