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Dead Aid Summary
Dead Aid
Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa
by Dambisa Moyo 2009 188 pages
3.70
8k+ ratings
Economics
Africa
Politics
The Bottom Billion Summary
The Bottom Billion
Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
by Paul Collier 2007 224 pages
3.85
8k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
International Development
The End of Poverty Summary
The End of Poverty
Economic Possibilities for Our Time
by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2005 464 pages
3.69
11k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Poverty
The Mystery Of Capital Summary
The Mystery Of Capital
Why Capitalism Succeeds In The West And Fails Everywhere Else
by Hernando de Soto 2000 276 pages
3.99
4k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Building Social Business Summary
Building Social Business
The New Kind of Capitalism That Serves Humanity's Most Pressing Needs
by Muhammad Yunus 1997 255 pages
3.98
1k+ ratings
Business
Economics
International Development
The White Man's Burden Summary
The White Man's Burden
Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good
by William Easterly 2006 443 pages
3.83
5k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The Big Truck that Went By Summary
The Big Truck that Went By
How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster
by Jonathan M. Katz 2013 320 pages
4.12
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
International Development
Portfolios of the Poor Summary
Portfolios of the Poor
How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day
by Daryl Collins 2009 296 pages
3.95
1k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Poverty
Aid on the Edge of Chaos Summary
Aid on the Edge of Chaos
Rethinking International Cooperation in a Complex World
by Ben Ramalingam 2013 472 pages
3.89
153 ratings
International Development
Economics
Africa
The Tyranny of Experts Summary
The Tyranny of Experts
Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor
by William Easterly 2014 416 pages
3.87
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Kicking Away the Ladder Summary
Kicking Away the Ladder
Development Strategy in Historical Perspective
by Ha-Joon Chang 2002 196 pages
4.21
1k+ ratings
Economics
History
Politics
Development as Freedom Summary
Development as Freedom
by Amartya Sen 1999 366 pages
4.10
7k+ ratings
Economics
Philosophy
Politics
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