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Falling Night Falling Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 4.62 — 32 ratings — published
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Band-Aid for a Broken Leg Band-Aid for a Broken Leg (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,593 ratings — published 2012
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The Crisis Caravan: What's Wrong with Humanitarian Aid? The Crisis Caravan: What's Wrong with Humanitarian Aid? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,484 ratings — published 2008
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Emergency Sex (And Other Desperate Measures) : True Stories from a War Zone Emergency Sex (And Other Desperate Measures) : True Stories from a War Zone
by (shelved 6 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 4.09 — 4,733 ratings — published 2004
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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 (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 4.21 — 90,735 ratings — published 2003
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Chasing Chaos: My Decade In and Out of Humanitarian Aid Chasing Chaos: My Decade In and Out of Humanitarian Aid (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 4.09 — 3,161 ratings — published 2013
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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 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 3.70 — 8,424 ratings — published 2009
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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 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 3.85 — 8,080 ratings — published 2007
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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 (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 3.83 — 5,711 ratings — published 2006
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Missionary, Mercenary, Mystic, Misfit Missionary, Mercenary, Mystic, Misfit (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 3.52 — 86 ratings — published 2013
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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 4.28 — 55,974 ratings — published 2008
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An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action in the Twenty-first Century An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action in the Twenty-first Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,312 ratings — published 2008
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Hope in Hell: Inside the World of Doctors Without Borders Hope in Hell: Inside the World of Doctors Without Borders (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,236 ratings — published 2004
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Another Day in Paradise: International Humanitarian Workers Tell Their Stories Another Day in Paradise: International Humanitarian Workers Tell Their Stories (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 3.76 — 88 ratings — published 2003
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Chasing Misery: an anthology of essays by women in humanitarian responses Chasing Misery: an anthology of essays by women in humanitarian responses (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 3.91 — 119 ratings — published 2014
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Toxic Charity: How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help (And How to Reverse It) Toxic Charity: How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help (And How to Reverse It)
by (shelved 3 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 3.93 — 4,939 ratings — published 2011
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To Repair the World: Paul Farmer Speaks to the Next Generation To Repair the World: Paul Farmer Speaks to the Next Generation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,083 ratings — published 2013
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Haiti: After the Earthquake Haiti: After the Earthquake (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,242 ratings — published 2011
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Do No Harm: How Aid Can Support Peace--Or War Do No Harm: How Aid Can Support Peace--Or War (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 3.83 — 163 ratings — published 1999
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The Trouble with Africa: Why Foreign Aid Isn't Working The Trouble with Africa: Why Foreign Aid Isn't Working (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 3.54 — 258 ratings — published 2006
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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 3.66 — 359,719 ratings — published 2006
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War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 4.53 — 16,099 ratings — published 2019
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Deep Field Deep Field (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 3.48 — 33 ratings — published 2014
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Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 4.25 — 14,192 ratings — published 2003
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Aid and Other Dirty Business: How Good Intentions Have Failed the World's Poor Aid and Other Dirty Business: How Good Intentions Have Failed the World's Poor (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 3.75 — 245 ratings — published 2007
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Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 4.35 — 208,187 ratings — published 2018
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NewsReal: A view through the lens when... NewsReal: A view through the lens when... (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 4.33 — 3 ratings — published
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The Selfish Altruist The Selfish Altruist (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 3.65 — 40 ratings — published 2001
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The World's Emergency Room: The Growing Threat to Doctors, Nurses, and Humanitarian Workers The World's Emergency Room: The Growing Threat to Doctors, Nurses, and Humanitarian Workers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 3.89 — 166 ratings — published 2016
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Damned Nations: Greed, Guns, Armies, and Aid Damned Nations: Greed, Guns, Armies, and Aid (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 4.27 — 758 ratings — published 2011
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We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 4.23 — 38,338 ratings — published 1998
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Humanitarian Ethics: A Guide to the Morality of Aid in War and Disaster Humanitarian Ethics: A Guide to the Morality of Aid in War and Disaster (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 4.30 — 60 ratings — published 2015
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Six Months in Sudan: A Young Doctor in a War-torn Village Six Months in Sudan: A Young Doctor in a War-torn Village (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,286 ratings — published 2009
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The Thin Blue Line: How Humanitarianism Went to War The Thin Blue Line: How Humanitarianism Went to War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 3.31 — 102 ratings — published 2008
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Find Me Unafraid: Love, Loss, and Hope in an African Slum Find Me Unafraid: Love, Loss, and Hope in an African Slum (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 4.47 — 2,387 ratings — published 2015
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A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,267 ratings — published 2014
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The Lassa Ward: One Man's Fight Against One of the World's Deadliest Diseases The Lassa Ward: One Man's Fight Against One of the World's Deadliest Diseases (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 4.03 — 505 ratings — published 2009
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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 (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 4.20 — 14,324 ratings — published 2009
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From Baghdad, With Love: A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava (Lava #1) From Baghdad, With Love: A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava (Lava #1)
by (shelved 2 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 4.09 — 7,874 ratings — published 2006
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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 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,901 ratings — published 2013
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The Life You Can Save: How to Do Your Part to End World Poverty The Life You Can Save: How to Do Your Part to End World Poverty (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 4.15 — 7,080 ratings — published 2009
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A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 3.72 — 443 ratings — published 2002
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They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children: The Global Quest to Eradicate the Use of Child Soldiers They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children: The Global Quest to Eradicate the Use of Child Soldiers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,366 ratings — published 2010
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What Is the What What Is the What (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 4.15 — 88,505 ratings — published 2006
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The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 3.69 — 11,307 ratings — published 2005
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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 (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 4.28 — 4,900 ratings — published 2003
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The Price of Thirst: Global Water Inequality and the Coming Chaos The Price of Thirst: Global Water Inequality and the Coming Chaos (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 3.81 — 162 ratings — published 2014
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Capitalizing on Catastrophe: Neoliberal Strategies in Disaster Reconstruction (Globalization and the Environment) Capitalizing on Catastrophe: Neoliberal Strategies in Disaster Reconstruction (Globalization and the Environment)
by (shelved 1 time as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 3.80 — 5 ratings — published 2008
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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 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 4.17 — 279 ratings — published
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Disasters Without Borders: The International Politics of Natural Disasters Disasters Without Borders: The International Politics of Natural Disasters (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as humanitarian-aid)
avg rating 4.62 — 8 ratings — published 2012
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Abhijit Naskar
“World first and forever, nation never.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets

“When the same images of suffering are repeatedly used by different organizations to collect donations, we should pause and ask where the money truly goes. Compassion should bring dignity and genuine help to those in need, not turn their pain into a fundraising tool. Verify before you donate.”
― Qudama Rafiq

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