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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 — 7,169 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 — 8,384 ratings — published 2009
Fundamentally (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as international-aid)
avg rating 3.71 — 21,817 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 — 3,149 ratings — published 2013
Band-Aid for a Broken Leg (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as international-aid)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,569 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 — 4,713 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 — 90,242 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 3.66 — 697 ratings — published
An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action in the Twenty-first Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as international-aid)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,302 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 — 2,282 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 — 31,781 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 — 1,660 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 3.58 — 19 ratings — published 2024
We Meant Well (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as international-aid)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,331 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 — 5,756 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 — 1,232 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 — 4,720 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 — 8,681 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 — 1,264 ratings — published 2009
Chasing Misery: an anthology of essays by women in humanitarian responses (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as international-aid)
avg rating 3.93 — 118 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 4.12 — 1,894 ratings — published 2013
War Hospital: A True Story of Surgery and Survival (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as international-aid)
avg rating 4.13 — 490 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 3.88 — 152 ratings — published 2013
Damned Nations: Greed, Guns, Armies, and Aid (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as international-aid)
avg rating 4.27 — 755 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 — 359,389 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 — 10,487 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 — 1,472 ratings — published 2008
“The aid agencies are not run by fools. they are full of intelligent people severely constrained by what public opinion permits.”
― 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
“The aid program that I am suggesting must not be used by the wealthy nations as a surreptitious means to control the poor nations. Such an approach would lead to a new form of paternalism and a neocolonialism which no self-respecting nation could accept. Ultimately, foreign aid programs must be motivated by a compassionate and committed effort to wipe poverty, ignorance and disease from the face of the earth. Money devoid of genuine empathy is like salt devoid of savor, good for nothing except to be trodden under foot of men.
The West must enter into the program with humility and penitence and a sober realization that everything will not always “go our way.” It cannot be forgotten that the Western powers were but yesterday the colonial masters. The house of the West is far from in order, and its hands are far from clean.”
― Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?
The West must enter into the program with humility and penitence and a sober realization that everything will not always “go our way.” It cannot be forgotten that the Western powers were but yesterday the colonial masters. The house of the West is far from in order, and its hands are far from clean.”
― Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?
