Book excerpt: The summary of Getting Better – Why Global Development Is Succeeding and How We Can Improve the World Even More presented here include a short review of the book at the start followed by quick overview of main points and a list of important take-aways at the end of the summary. The Summary of In spite of the pessimists who are talking about a crisis in economic development, the author Charles Kenny is optimistic about his assessment, which is that in reality, people all over the world have made enormous progress in terms of the overall quality of their lives. The documentary Getting Better demonstrates that the proliferation of technology and ideas has facilitated a revolution in happiness and the standard of living that is unprecedented in the history of humanity. Kenny provides evidence to make us enthusiastic about the progress we've achieved so far and offers suggestions on what needs to be done if we want to keep this progress alive. He also provides evidence to make us enthusiastic about the progress we've achieved so far. Getting Better summary includes the key points and important takeaways from the book Getting Better by Charles Kenny. Disclaimer: 1. This summary is meant to preview and not to substitute the original book. 2. We recommend, for in-depth study purchase the excellent original book. 3. In this summary key points are rewritten and recreated and no part/text is directly taken or copied from original book. 4. If original author/publisher wants us to remove this summary, please contact us at [email protected].