International Development Book Club

1.
Development as Freedom
Development as Freedom 4.10 avg rating β€” 7,023 ratings
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The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It 3.85 avg rating β€” 7,939 ratings
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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty 4.09 avg rating β€” 59,213 ratings
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Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty 4.28 avg rating β€” 23,741 ratings
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Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World 4.20 avg rating β€” 87,490 ratings
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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide 4.28 avg rating β€” 55,460 ratings
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The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good
The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good 3.84 avg rating β€” 5,637 ratings
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The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time
The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time 3.69 avg rating β€” 11,196 ratings
8.
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 4.04 avg rating β€” 445,036 ratings
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Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa
Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa 3.70 avg rating β€” 8,180 ratings
11.
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa 4.42 avg rating β€” 7,736 ratings
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Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed 4.21 avg rating β€” 6,469 ratings
13.
"A Problem from Hell": America and the Age of Genocide
"A Problem from Hell": America and the Age of Genocide 4.26 avg rating β€” 10,877 ratings
14.
Capital in the Twenty First Century
Capital in the Twenty First Century 4.06 avg rating β€” 33,858 ratings
15.
The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics
The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics 3.96 avg rating β€” 1,643 ratings
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The Idealist: Jeffrey Sachs and the Quest to End Poverty
The Idealist: Jeffrey Sachs and the Quest to End Poverty
by: Nina Munk
3.93 avg rating β€” 1,450 ratings
17.
Fault Lines: Views across Haiti's Divide
Fault Lines: Views across Haiti's Divide 4.27 avg rating β€” 48 ratings
18.
Shake Hands with the Devil
Shake Hands with the Devil 4.25 avg rating β€” 13,603 ratings
19.
Enough: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty
Enough: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty 4.10 avg rating β€” 545 ratings
20.
More Than Good Intentions: How a New Economics Is Helping to Solve Global Poverty
More Than Good Intentions: How a New Economics Is Helping to Solve Global Poverty 3.95 avg rating β€” 989 ratings
21.
Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty
Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty 4.12 avg rating β€” 10,336 ratings
22.
The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor
The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor 3.87 avg rating β€” 1,355 ratings
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Never Go With Your Gut: How Pioneering Leaders Make the Best Decisions and Avoid Business Disasters
Never Go With Your Gut: How Pioneering Leaders Make the Best Decisions and Avoid Business Disasters 4.14 avg rating β€” 252 ratings
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Waste Wars: The Wild Afterlife of Your Trash
Waste Wars: The Wild Afterlife of Your Trash 4.26 avg rating β€” 633 ratings
25.
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism 4.29 avg rating β€” 51,932 ratings
26.
Aid on the Edge of Chaos: Rethinking International Cooperation in a Complex World
Aid on the Edge of Chaos: Rethinking International Cooperation in a Complex World 3.88 avg rating β€” 149 ratings
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The Anti-Politics Machine: "Development," Depoliticization, and Bureaucratic Power in Lesotho
The Anti-Politics Machine: "Development," Depoliticization, and Bureaucratic Power in Lesotho 4.28 avg rating β€” 632 ratings
28.
Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights and the New War on the Poor
Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights and the New War on the Poor 4.27 avg rating β€” 4,809 ratings
29.
The Bright Continent: Breaking Rules and Making Change in Modern Africa
The Bright Continent: Breaking Rules and Making Change in Modern Africa 3.88 avg rating β€” 522 ratings
30.
Global Governance and the New Wars: The Merging of Development and Security
Global Governance and the New Wars: The Merging of Development and Security 3.74 avg rating β€” 74 ratings
31.
Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy
Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy 3.95 avg rating β€” 317 ratings
31.
Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective
Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective 4.20 avg rating β€” 1,374 ratings
33.
The Big Truck that Went By: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster
The Big Truck that Went By: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster 4.12 avg rating β€” 1,842 ratings
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Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day
Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day 3.95 avg rating β€” 1,161 ratings
35.
Globalization and its Discontents
Globalization and its Discontents 3.87 avg rating β€” 8,112 ratings
36.
Bike Riding in Kabul: The Global Adventures of a Foreign Aid Practitioner
Bike Riding in Kabul: The Global Adventures of a Foreign Aid Practitioner 4.17 avg rating β€” 115 ratings
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Aid State: Elite Panic, Disaster Capitalism, and the Battle to Control Haiti
Aid State: Elite Panic, Disaster Capitalism, and the Battle to Control Haiti 4.14 avg rating β€” 209 ratings
38.
Exodus: Immigration and Multiculturalism in the 21st Century
Exodus: Immigration and Multiculturalism in the 21st Century 3.76 avg rating β€” 911 ratings
39.
Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security
Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security 4.11 avg rating β€” 1,050 ratings
40.
Lords of Poverty
Lords of Poverty 3.83 avg rating β€” 386 ratings
41.
War Games: The Story Of Aid And War In Modern Times
War Games: The Story Of Aid And War In Modern Times 4.06 avg rating β€” 301 ratings
42.
Africa Works: Disorder as Political Instrument
Africa Works: Disorder as Political Instrument 3.87 avg rating β€” 82 ratings
43.
Chasing Misery: an anthology of essays by women in humanitarian responses
Chasing Misery: an anthology of essays by women in humanitarian responses 3.92 avg rating β€” 117 ratings
44.
A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World
A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World 3.75 avg rating β€” 1,276 ratings
45.
Encountering Development: The Making and Unmaking of the Third World
Encountering Development: The Making and Unmaking of the Third World 4.05 avg rating β€” 500 ratings
46.
Building Social Business: The New Kind of Capitalism That Serves Humanity's Most Pressing Needs
Building Social Business: The New Kind of Capitalism That Serves Humanity's Most Pressing Needs 3.98 avg rating β€” 1,884 ratings
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Famine Crimes: Politics & the Disaster Relief Industry in Africa
Famine Crimes: Politics & the Disaster Relief Industry in Africa 4.18 avg rating β€” 116 ratings
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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 3.88 avg rating β€” 34,380 ratings
49.
Girl Power in the Age of the Millennials: Essays on Women, Youth and Global Social Change
Girl Power in the Age of the Millennials: Essays on Women, Youth and Global Social Change 3.95 avg rating β€” 21 ratings
49.
The Euro is Dead; Long Live the Solid!: A Proposal for a New Monetary System for the Eurozone
The Euro is Dead; Long Live the Solid!: A Proposal for a New Monetary System for the Eurozone 3.92 avg rating β€” 12 ratings
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Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much
Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much 3.94 avg rating β€” 7,269 ratings
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The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World
The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World 3.99 avg rating β€” 7,080 ratings
49.
A Feast of Vultures: The Hidden Business of Democracy in India
A Feast of Vultures: The Hidden Business of Democracy in India 4.28 avg rating β€” 2,675 ratings
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How China Escaped the Poverty Trap
How China Escaped the Poverty Trap 4.31 avg rating β€” 345 ratings
49.
Late Victorian Holocausts: El NiΓ±o Famines and the Making of the Third World
Late Victorian Holocausts: El NiΓ±o Famines and the Making of the Third World 4.20 avg rating β€” 2,037 ratings
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Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist
Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist 4.17 avg rating β€” 15,074 ratings
49.
The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions
The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions 4.61 avg rating β€” 3,648 ratings
49.
3 Earthquakes, 1 Coup d'Γ©tat and a Handful of Revolutions
3 Earthquakes, 1 Coup d'Γ©tat and a Handful of Revolutions 4.75 avg rating β€” 4 ratings
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Eleven
Eleven 4.29 avg rating β€” 49 ratings
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Aid State: Elite Panic, Disaster Capitalism, and the Battle to Control Haiti
Aid State: Elite Panic, Disaster Capitalism, and the Battle to Control Haiti 4.14 avg rating β€” 209 ratings
61.
When Crime Pays: Money and Muscle in Indian Politics
When Crime Pays: Money and Muscle in Indian Politics 3.90 avg rating β€” 301 ratings
61.
When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself
When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself 4.20 avg rating β€” 13,904 ratings
61.
The Promise of World Peace: To the Peoples of the World
The Promise of World Peace: To the Peoples of the World 4.75 avg rating β€” 24 ratings
61.
Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent 4.31 avg rating β€” 26,227 ratings
65.
The Globalization Paradox: Democracy and the Future of the World Economy
The Globalization Paradox: Democracy and the Future of the World Economy really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1,572 ratings
65.
The Seasons of Trouble: Life Amid the Ruins of Sri Lanka's Civil War
The Seasons of Trouble: Life Amid the Ruins of Sri Lanka's Civil War 4.40 avg rating β€” 830 ratings
65.
Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism
Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism 4.20 avg rating β€” 5,607 ratings
65.
The Thin Blue Line: How Humanitarianism Went to War
The Thin Blue Line: How Humanitarianism Went to War 3.28 avg rating β€” 99 ratings
69.
The Aid Chain: Coercion and Commitment in Development NGOs
The Aid Chain: Coercion and Commitment in Development NGOs 3.50 avg rating β€” 4 ratings
70.
Wars, Guns, and Votes: Democracy in Dangerous Places
Wars, Guns, and Votes: Democracy in Dangerous Places 3.86 avg rating β€” 850 ratings
70.
The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World
The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World 4.12 avg rating β€” 1,433 ratings
72.
Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy
Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy 4.35 avg rating β€” 4,811 ratings
72.
Perilous Passage: Mankind and the Global Ascendancy of Capital
Perilous Passage: Mankind and the Global Ascendancy of Capital 4.29 avg rating β€” 17 ratings
74.
Debt: The First 5,000 Years
Debt: The First 5,000 Years 4.21 avg rating β€” 25,619 ratings
75.
High-Value Natural Resources and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding
High-Value Natural Resources and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding liked it 3.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
76.
Damned Nations: Greed, Guns, Armies, and Aid
Damned Nations: Greed, Guns, Armies, and Aid 4.28 avg rating β€” 734 ratings
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Catching Up: What LDCs Can Do, and How Others Can Help
Catching Up: What LDCs Can Do, and How Others Can Help really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
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Africa Doesn't Matter: How the West Has Failed the Poorest Continent and What We Can Do About It
Africa Doesn't Matter: How the West Has Failed the Poorest Continent and What We Can Do About It 3.90 avg rating β€” 104 ratings
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The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Pushes Back from the Brink
The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Pushes Back from the Brink 3.93 avg rating β€” 343 ratings
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World Development Report 2012: Gender Equality and Development
World Development Report 2012: Gender Equality and Development 4.17 avg rating β€” 6 ratings
81.
Managing the Nonprofit Organization: Principles and Practices
Managing the Nonprofit Organization: Principles and Practices 3.99 avg rating β€” 1,159 ratings
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Gender in Agriculture Sourcebook (World Bank Training Series)
Gender in Agriculture Sourcebook (World Bank Training Series) really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
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What Works in Development?: Thinking Big and Thinking Small
What Works in Development?: Thinking Big and Thinking Small 3.72 avg rating β€” 58 ratings
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World Development Report 2013: Jobs
World Development Report 2013: Jobs really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
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Trust: The Social Virtue and the Creation of Prosperity
Trust: The Social Virtue and the Creation of Prosperity 3.96 avg rating β€” 734 ratings
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Humanitarian Intervention: Confronting the Contradictions
Humanitarian Intervention: Confronting the Contradictions 4.25 avg rating β€” 4 ratings
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When Things Fell Apart: State Failure in Late-Century Africa
When Things Fell Apart: State Failure in Late-Century Africa 3.58 avg rating β€” 197 ratings
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The New Harvest: Agricultural Innovation in Africa
The New Harvest: Agricultural Innovation in Africa 3.84 avg rating β€” 45 ratings
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Fair Trade for All: How Trade Can Promote Development (Initiative for Policy Dialogue Series C)
Fair Trade for All: How Trade Can Promote Development (Initiative for Policy Dialogue Series C) 3.59 avg rating β€” 208 ratings
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Down and Out in Paris and London
Down and Out in Paris and London 4.09 avg rating β€” 97,510 ratings
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The Plundered Planet: Why We Must--and How We Can--Manage Nature for Global Prosperity
The Plundered Planet: Why We Must--and How We Can--Manage Nature for Global Prosperity 3.59 avg rating β€” 426 ratings
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How Europe and America Are Still Underdeveloping Africa: Neocolonialism and the Scramble for Strategic Resources in 21st Century Africa
How Europe and America Are Still Underdeveloping Africa: Neocolonialism and the Scramble for Strategic Resources in 21st Century Africa 4.20 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
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Woman's Role in Economic Development
Woman's Role in Economic Development 4.03 avg rating β€” 37 ratings
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The Dragon's Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa
The Dragon's Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa 3.80 avg rating β€” 453 ratings
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The Barefoot Guide to working with Organizations and Social Change
The Barefoot Guide to working with Organizations and Social Change 4.50 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
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The History of Development
The History of Development 0.00 avg rating β€” 0 ratings
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Viva Colores: A Salute to the Indomitable People of Guatemala
Viva Colores: A Salute to the Indomitable People of Guatemala it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
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Celebrating Women
Celebrating Women really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 3 ratings
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Grandmother Power: A Global Phenomenon
Grandmother Power: A Global Phenomenon 4.11 avg rating β€” 18 ratings
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In Her Hands: Craftswomen Changing the World
In Her Hands: Craftswomen Changing the World 4.35 avg rating β€” 23 ratings
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