World Development Books

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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 3 times as world-development)
avg rating 3.70 — 8,282 ratings — published 2009
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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 2 times as world-development)
avg rating 3.83 — 5,669 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)
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avg rating 3.69 — 11,244 ratings — published 2005
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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 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 15,698 ratings — published 2017
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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)
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avg rating 4.36 — 202,161 ratings — published 2018
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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 (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.27 — 24,467 ratings — published 2011
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Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 10,417 ratings — published 1991
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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 2 times as world-development)
avg rating 3.85 — 8,002 ratings — published 2007
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Development as Freedom Development as Freedom (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 7,119 ratings — published 1999
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The Approaching Great Transformation: Creating a New Commonwealth for the End of the Oil Age The Approaching Great Transformation: Creating a New Commonwealth for the End of the Oil Age (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.62 — 21 ratings — published 2013
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A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1) A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
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avg rating 4.16 — 4,228,378 ratings — published 2015
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The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.81 — 2,462 ratings — published 2013
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How Asia Works: Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic Region How Asia Works: Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic Region (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.26 — 5,076 ratings — published 2013
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Interventions: A Life in War and Peace Interventions: A Life in War and Peace (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.99 — 1,196 ratings — published 2012
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Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1) Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1)
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avg rating 4.19 — 117,440 ratings — published 2015
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Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works—and How It Fails Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works—and How It Fails (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.13 — 21,084 ratings — published 2013
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23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.96 — 12,683 ratings — published 2010
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Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.98 — 3,215 ratings — published 1997
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The Precipice The Precipice (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.94 — 5,044 ratings — published 2020
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Feral: Rewilding the Land, the Sea and Human Life Feral: Rewilding the Land, the Sea and Human Life (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 5,481 ratings — published 2013
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Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.32 — 743 ratings — published 1991
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The War on Normal People: The Truth About America's Disappearing Jobs and Why Universal Basic Income Is Our Future The War on Normal People: The Truth About America's Disappearing Jobs and Why Universal Basic Income Is Our Future (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.25 — 9,817 ratings — published 2018
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No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.85 — 27,812 ratings — published 2019
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Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3) Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
by (shelved 1 time as world-development)
avg rating 4.41 — 172,729 ratings — published 2010
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.98 — 116,921 ratings — published 2012
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The Shackled Continent The Shackled Continent (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.95 — 610 ratings — published 2004
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The Island of Knowledge: The Limits of Science and the Search for Meaning The Island of Knowledge: The Limits of Science and the Search for Meaning (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as world-development)
avg rating 3.94 — 912 ratings — published 2014
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The Denial of Death The Denial of Death (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 15,994 ratings — published 1973
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The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.94 — 2,817 ratings — published 2011
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A Short History of Myth A Short History of Myth (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.69 — 6,517 ratings — published 2005
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The Origin of Species The Origin of Species (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 122,222 ratings — published 1859
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The Wizard and the Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow's World The Wizard and the Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow's World (Audio CD)
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avg rating 4.23 — 4,593 ratings — published 2018
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Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.13 — 17,219 ratings — published 2018
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Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.49 — 809,222 ratings — published 2016
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The Idealist: Jeffrey Sachs and the Quest to End Poverty The Idealist: Jeffrey Sachs and the Quest to End Poverty (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.93 — 1,467 ratings — published 2013
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The Last Hunger Season: A Year in an African Farm Community on the Brink of Change The Last Hunger Season: A Year in an African Farm Community on the Brink of Change (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.09 — 760 ratings — published 2012
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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 (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.95 — 1,172 ratings — published 2009
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The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 4,404 ratings — published 2000
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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)
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avg rating 4.28 — 55,671 ratings — published 2008
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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 119,543 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 1 time as world-development)
avg rating 4.08 — 4,658 ratings — published 2004
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صناعة الجوع: خرافة الندرة صناعة الجوع: خرافة الندرة (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as world-development)
avg rating 3.97 — 428 ratings — published 1980
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Blockchain: Blueprint for a New Economy Blockchain: Blueprint for a New Economy (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.29 — 699 ratings — published 2014
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The BRICS and the Future of Global Order The BRICS and the Future of Global Order (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.08 — 39 ratings — published 2015
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World Order World Order (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 14,044 ratings — published 2014
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China Goes Global: The Partial Power China Goes Global: The Partial Power (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.94 — 413 ratings — published 2013
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Every Nation for Itself: Winners and Losers in a G-Zero World Every Nation for Itself: Winners and Losers in a G-Zero World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as world-development)
avg rating 3.58 — 579 ratings — published 2012
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The Future of Power The Future of Power (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as world-development)
avg rating 3.79 — 1,188 ratings — published 2010
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The Post-American World The Post-American World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.86 — 12,860 ratings — published 2008
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“A good way to help africans would be to industrialise africa, Africans are like to work.”
Patricio Telman Chincocolo

“Progress means to be true to the world, If we need to make a change.”
Oscar Auliq-Ice

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