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International Aid Books
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The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as international-aid)
avg rating 3.99 — 7,193 ratings — published 2009
Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as international-aid)
avg rating 3.70 — 8,426 ratings — published 2009
Fundamentally (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as international-aid)
avg rating 3.70 — 24,270 ratings — published 2025
Chasing Chaos: My Decade In and Out of Humanitarian Aid (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as international-aid)
avg rating 4.09 — 3,163 ratings — published 2013
Band-Aid for a Broken Leg (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as international-aid)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,593 ratings — published 2012
Emergency Sex (And Other Desperate Measures) : True Stories from a War Zone
by (shelved 2 times as international-aid)
avg rating 4.09 — 4,735 ratings — published 2004
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as international-aid)
avg rating 4.21 — 90,795 ratings — published 2003
Sensemaking: The Power of the Humanities in the Age of the Algorithm (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as international-aid)
avg rating 3.65 — 702 ratings — published
An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action in the Twenty-first Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as international-aid)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,313 ratings — published 2008
Change the Recipe: Because You Can't Build a Better World Without Breaking Some Eggs (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as international-aid)
avg rating 4.06 — 2,429 ratings — published
At the Center of the World in Ethiopia (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as international-aid)
avg rating 4.28 — 78 ratings — published
The Idealist's Survival Kit: 75 Simple Ways to Avoid Burnout (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as international-aid)
avg rating 4.09 — 176 ratings — published
The Constant Gardener (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as international-aid)
avg rating 3.83 — 32,500 ratings — published 2001
The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as international-aid)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,664 ratings — published 2001
My Journey of Peace to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Russia (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as international-aid)
avg rating 2.50 — 6 ratings — published
Lying Perfectly Still (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as international-aid)
avg rating 3.55 — 23 ratings — published 2024
We Meant Well (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as international-aid)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,433 ratings — published 2023
Thirst: A Story of Redemption, Compassion, and a Mission to Bring Clean Water to the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as international-aid)
avg rating 4.44 — 5,814 ratings — published 2018
Hope in Hell: Inside the World of Doctors Without Borders (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as international-aid)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,235 ratings — published 2004
Fixing Failed States: A Framework for Rebuilding a Fractured World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as international-aid)
avg rating 3.54 — 237 ratings — published 2008
Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as international-aid)
avg rating 4.23 — 4,778 ratings — published 2012
War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as international-aid)
avg rating 4.14 — 8,729 ratings — published 2018
Six Months in Sudan: A Young Doctor in a War-torn Village (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as international-aid)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,287 ratings — published 2009
Chasing Misery: an anthology of essays by women in humanitarian responses (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as international-aid)
avg rating 3.91 — 119 ratings — published 2014
The Big Truck that Went By: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as international-aid)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,901 ratings — published 2013
War Hospital: A True Story of Surgery and Survival (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as international-aid)
avg rating 4.13 — 492 ratings — published 2003
Teach a Woman to Fish: Overcoming Poverty Around the Globe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as international-aid)
avg rating 4.09 — 105 ratings — published 2014
Aid on the Edge of Chaos: Rethinking International Cooperation in a Complex World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as international-aid)
avg rating 3.86 — 153 ratings — published 2013
Damned Nations: Greed, Guns, Armies, and Aid (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as international-aid)
avg rating 4.27 — 757 ratings — published 2011
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as international-aid)
avg rating 3.66 — 359,755 ratings — published 2006
Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as international-aid)
avg rating 4.12 — 10,520 ratings — published 1991
Travesty in Haiti: A true account of Christian missions, orphanages, fraud, food aid and drug trafficking (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as international-aid)
avg rating 4.03 — 350 ratings — published 2008
When the Hands Are Many: Community Organization and Social Change in Rural Haiti (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as international-aid)
avg rating 3.95 — 21 ratings — published 2001
The Crisis Caravan: What's Wrong with Humanitarian Aid? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as international-aid)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,485 ratings — published 2008
“Most of the institutions that come in to offer help after disaster don't have the resources to provide concrete help. . . . Donor communities invest billions funding peace talks and disarmament. Then they stop. The most important part of postwar help is missing: providing basic social services to people. Not having those resources might have been a reason men went to war in the first place; they crossed a border and joined an armed group because they didn't have jobs. In Liberia right now, there are hundreds of thousands of unemployed young people, and they're ready-made mercenaries for wars in West Africa. You'd think the international community would be sensible enough to know they should work to change this. But they aren't.”
― Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War
― Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War
“The current system for refugees who remain in their region of origin is a disaster. It is premised upon an almost exclusively 'humanitarian' response. A system designed for the emergency phase - to offer an immediate lifeline - ends up enduring year after year, sometimes decade after decade. External provision of food, clothing, and shelter is absolutely essential in the aftermath of having to run for your life. But over time, if it is provided as a substitute for access to jobs, education, and other opportunities, humanitarian aid soon undermines human dignity and autonomy.”
― Refuge: Transforming a Broken Refugee System
― Refuge: Transforming a Broken Refugee System
