Poverty
Stark economic realities and systemic barriers shape the daily struggles of billions worldwide living on society's margins. Through rigorous research, grassroots perspectives, and innovative solutions, these books examine both the complex roots of global poverty and the transformative pathways toward lasting change.
Poverty Book Summaries
Poor Economics
A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
Economics
Politics
Business
The Bottom Billion
Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done about It
Economics
Politics
International Development
The Locust Effect
Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence
Politics
Social Justice
Sociology
Banker to the Poor
The Story of the Grameen Bank
Economics
Business
Finance
Building Social Business
The New Kind of Capitalism That Serves Humanity's Most Pressing Needs
Business
Economics
Entrepreneurship
Poverty Safari
Understanding the Anger of Britain's Underclass
Politics
Memoir
Sociology
Dead Aid
Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa
Economics
Africa
Politics
Invisible Child
Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Biography
Social Justice
History
The End of Poverty
Economic Possibilities for Our Time
Economics
Politics
Poverty