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Global Development Books
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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 (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as global-development)
avg rating 3.83 — 5,682 ratings — published 2006
Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as global-development)
avg rating 4.27 — 24,762 ratings — published 2011
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as global-development)
avg rating 4.09 — 64,987 ratings — published 2012
Development as Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as global-development)
avg rating 4.10 — 7,165 ratings — published 1999
The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as global-development)
avg rating 3.85 — 8,029 ratings — published 2007
Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as global-development)
avg rating 3.70 — 8,340 ratings — published 2009
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as global-development)
avg rating 4.35 — 204,188 ratings — published 2018
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as global-development)
avg rating 3.98 — 118,068 ratings — published 2012
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as global-development)
avg rating 4.20 — 89,600 ratings — published 2003
The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as global-development)
avg rating 3.69 — 11,263 ratings — published 2005
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as global-development)
avg rating 3.66 — 359,075 ratings — published 2006
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as global-development)
avg rating 4.04 — 464,546 ratings — published 1997
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as global-development)
avg rating 4.16 — 27,940 ratings — published 2014
Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as global-development)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,174 ratings — published 2009
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as global-development)
avg rating 4.28 — 55,788 ratings — published 2008
Capital in the Twenty First Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as global-development)
avg rating 4.06 — 35,001 ratings — published 2013
More Than Good Intentions: How a New Economics Is Helping to Solve Global Poverty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as global-development)
avg rating 3.95 — 999 ratings — published 2011
Getting Better: Why Global Development Is Succeeding--And How We Can Improve the World Even More (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as global-development)
avg rating 3.62 — 202 ratings — published 2011
The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as global-development)
avg rating 4.61 — 4,046 ratings — published 2017
The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as global-development)
avg rating 4.32 — 31,244 ratings — published 2014
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as global-development)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,292,186 ratings — published 2011
On Fire: The Case for the Green New Deal (Audible Audio)
by (shelved 2 times as global-development)
avg rating 4.17 — 6,508 ratings — published 2019
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as global-development)
avg rating 4.40 — 8,789 ratings — published 1971
Why We Lie About Aid: Development and the Messy Politics of Change (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as global-development)
avg rating 3.78 — 50 ratings — published
The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as global-development)
avg rating 3.99 — 7,148 ratings — published 2009
City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World's Largest Refugee Camp (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as global-development)
avg rating 4.01 — 3,444 ratings — published 2016
Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as global-development)
avg rating 3.94 — 7,588 ratings — published 2013
Development and Social Change: A Global Perspective (Sociology for a New Century)
by (shelved 2 times as global-development)
avg rating 3.72 — 112 ratings — published 1996
Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as global-development)
avg rating 3.97 — 3,217 ratings — published 1997
Enough: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as global-development)
avg rating 4.11 — 544 ratings — published 2008
Out of Poverty: What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail (BK Currents Book)
by (shelved 2 times as global-development)
avg rating 3.85 — 613 ratings — published 2008
Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as global-development)
avg rating 4.12 — 10,442 ratings — published 1991
The Idealist: Jeffrey Sachs and the Quest to End Poverty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as global-development)
avg rating 3.93 — 1,478 ratings — published 2013
The Undocumented Americans (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as global-development)
avg rating 4.37 — 28,040 ratings — published 2020
Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as global-development)
avg rating 3.63 — 2,527 ratings — published 2023
Trade Wars Are Class Wars: How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as global-development)
avg rating 4.11 — 2,108 ratings — published 2020
Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as global-development)
avg rating 4.11 — 8,999 ratings — published 2025
Research Methods for Community Change: A Project-Based Approach (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as global-development)
avg rating 3.69 — 13 ratings — published 2005
Advocating for Justice: An Evangelical Vision for Transforming Systems and Structures (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as global-development)
avg rating 3.83 — 36 ratings — published 2016
The Poverty of Nations: A Sustainable Solution (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as global-development)
avg rating 3.86 — 502 ratings — published 2013
Owning Poverty: A Transformational Field Guide (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as global-development)
avg rating 5.00 — 3 ratings — published
From the Inside Out: Reimagining Mission, Recreating the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as global-development)
avg rating 4.63 — 27 ratings — published
Walking With the Poor: Principles and Practices of Transformational Development (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as global-development)
avg rating 4.25 — 717 ratings — published 1999
Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger: Moving from Affluence to Generosity (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as global-development)
avg rating 4.06 — 2,922 ratings — published 1977
Rwanda, Inc.: How a Devastated Nation Became an Economic Model for the Developing World (ebook)
by (shelved 1 time as global-development)
avg rating 3.30 — 339 ratings — published 2012
Methods for Development Work and Research: A New Guide for Practitioners (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as global-development)
avg rating 3.90 — 10 ratings — published 2005
Just Give Money to the Poor: The Development Revolution from the Global South (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as global-development)
avg rating 3.63 — 63 ratings — published 2010
Freedom From Want: The Remarkable Success Story of BRAC, the Global Grassroots Organization That's Winning the Fight Against Poverty (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as global-development)
avg rating 3.91 — 67 ratings — published 2009
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as global-development)
avg rating 4.19 — 32,758 ratings — published 2018
The Locust Effect: Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as global-development)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,542 ratings — published 2013
“Women empowerment is a vital component for global development.”
― Woman of Virtue: Power-Filled Quotes for a Powerful Woman
― Woman of Virtue: Power-Filled Quotes for a Powerful Woman
“Parents are not alone in focusing their expectations on success at the graduation exam: The whole education system colludes with them. The curriculum and organization of schools often date back to a colonial past, when schools were meant to train a local elite to be the effective allies of the colonial state, and the goal was to maximize the distance between them and the rest of the populace.”
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