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A young man from Malawi points the way to hope for Africa
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer @@@@@ (5 out of 5) A debate has been raging for years within that rarefied global...
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Third World development: A reading list
To my mind, the emergence of new nations out of a colonial past was one of the most significant developments of the 20th Century, and their uneven struggle to attain the comforts and possibilities of...
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The top 10 books on the economics of poverty
Back in January, I posted “Third World development: A reading list.” Today, the celebrated rural development specialist and author, Paul Polak, called my attention to a similar list that was published...
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18 nonfiction books that helped me understand the world
During the last several years — mostly after I bought my first Kindle — I’ve spent a great deal of time reading, roughly half of it fiction, the other half non. I’ve gotten through hundreds of books...
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Narrowing global inequities: a reading list
As I’ve dug more deeply into the subject of global poverty in the course of writing The Business Solution to Poverty with Paul Polak, it has become increasingly clear to me that truly understanding how...
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How the inequality gap came to be
The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality by Angus Deaton @@@@ (4 out of 5) Has the human race made progress since the days when all our lives were nasty, brutish, and short?...
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By William Easterly: why economic development happens (or doesn’t)
The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor by William Easterly @@@@@ (5 out of 5) This book is full of surprises. In The Tyranny of Experts, the author of the...
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Who’s responsible for corruption in Africa?
A review of The Looting Machine: Warlords, Oligarchs, Corporations, Smugglers, and the Theft of Africa’s Wealth, by Tom Burgis @@@@@ (5 out of 5) Misconceptions abound in the public perception of...
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