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
The Life You Can Save
Acting Now to End World Poverty
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
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
The White Man's Burden
Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good
Economics
Politics
International Development
Poor Economics
A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
Economics
Politics
Business
Maid
Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
Memoir
Biography
Biography Memoir
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
No Shame in My Game
The Working Poor in America
Sociology
Poverty
Economics
Invisible Child
Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City
Biography
Social Justice
History
Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind
Practical Strategies for Raising Achievement
Education
Teaching
Poverty
The End of Poverty
Economic Possibilities for Our Time
Economics
Politics
Poverty