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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)
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avg rating 3.70 — 8,281 ratings — published 2009
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Lords of Poverty Lords of Poverty (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.83 — 392 ratings — published 1994
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Gray Mountain Gray Mountain (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.68 — 108,967 ratings — published 2014
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Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Make a Difference Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Make a Difference (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 7,897 ratings — published 2015
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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
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avg rating 4.08 — 4,658 ratings — published 2004
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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)
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avg rating 3.85 — 7,998 ratings — published 2007
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Chasing Chaos: My Decade In and Out of Humanitarian Aid Chasing Chaos: My Decade In and Out of Humanitarian Aid (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 3,101 ratings — published 2013
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The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.62 — 3,913 ratings — published 2017
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Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 88,835 ratings — published 2003
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Darfur: A Short History of a Long War (African Arguments) Darfur: A Short History of a Long War (African Arguments)
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avg rating 3.78 — 240 ratings — published 2005
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A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.72 — 442 ratings — published 2002
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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 — 10,415 ratings — published 1991
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Reinventing Foreign Aid (Mit Press) Reinventing Foreign Aid (Mit Press)
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avg rating 3.80 — 44 ratings — published 2008
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War Games: The Story Of Aid And War In Modern Times War Games: The Story Of Aid And War In Modern Times (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 307 ratings — published 2010
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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 — 2,461 ratings — published 2013
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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 — 24,440 ratings — published 2011
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The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism Is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism Is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.80 — 3,824 ratings — published 2015
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The Life You Can Save: How to Do Your Part to End World Poverty The Life You Can Save: How to Do Your Part to End World Poverty (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 6,888 ratings — published 2009
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An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action in the Twenty-first Century An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action in the Twenty-first Century (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.33 — 2,279 ratings — published 2008
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When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor...and Yourself When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor...and Yourself (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 14,039 ratings — published 2009
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Aid and Other Dirty Business: How Good Intentions Have Failed the World's Poor Aid and Other Dirty Business: How Good Intentions Have Failed the World's Poor (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.74 — 242 ratings — published 2007
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Does Foreign Aid Really Work? Does Foreign Aid Really Work? (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 82 ratings — published 2007
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Wilderness First Responder: How to Recognize, Treat, and Prevent Emergencies in the Backcountry Wilderness First Responder: How to Recognize, Treat, and Prevent Emergencies in the Backcountry (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 96 ratings — published 1998
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Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 3,976 ratings — published 1891
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The Emergency Survival Manual: 294 Life-Saving Skills (Outdoor Life) The Emergency Survival Manual: 294 Life-Saving Skills (Outdoor Life)
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avg rating 4.04 — 52 ratings — published 2015
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Why Africa is Poor: And What Africans Can Do About It Why Africa is Poor: And What Africans Can Do About It (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.63 — 94 ratings — published 2010
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Advocacy in Conflict: Critical Perspectives on Transnational Activism Advocacy in Conflict: Critical Perspectives on Transnational Activism (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.78 — 9 ratings — published 2015
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Undermining Development: The Absence of Power Among Local NGOs in Africa Undermining Development: The Absence of Power Among Local NGOs in Africa (Hardcover)
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avg rating 2.00 — 1 rating — published 2004
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Decolonising the University Decolonising the University (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.05 — 111 ratings — published
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After Lacan (After Series) After Lacan (After Series)
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avg rating 3.40 — 5 ratings — published 2018
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The Event of Postcolonial Shame (Translation/Transnation) The Event of Postcolonial Shame (Translation/Transnation)
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avg rating 4.17 — 23 ratings — published 2010
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Decolonizing Academia: Poverty, Oppression and Pain Decolonizing Academia: Poverty, Oppression and Pain (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 95 ratings — published
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The Golden Fleece: Manipulation and Independence in Humanitarian Action The Golden Fleece: Manipulation and Independence in Humanitarian Action (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.11 — 9 ratings — published 2012
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Debt-Free U: How I Paid for an Outstanding College Education Without Loans, Scholarships, Or Mooching Off My Parents Debt-Free U: How I Paid for an Outstanding College Education Without Loans, Scholarships, Or Mooching Off My Parents (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.78 — 541 ratings — published 2010
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African Literary NGOs: Power, Politics, and Participation African Literary NGOs: Power, Politics, and Participation (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.67 — 3 ratings — published 2013
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Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.36 — 195,510 ratings — published 2025
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Food Aid After Fifty Years: Recasting its Role (Priorities for Development Economics) Food Aid After Fifty Years: Recasting its Role (Priorities for Development Economics)
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avg rating 3.60 — 10 ratings — published 2005
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José Feeds the World: How a Famous Chef Feeds Millions of People in Need around the World José Feeds the World: How a Famous Chef Feeds Millions of People in Need around the World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.40 — 202 ratings — published
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The World Bank: Its First Half Century, Vol. I & II The World Bank: Its First Half Century, Vol. I & II (Hardcover)
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avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 1997
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Revolution in Development: Mexico and the Governance of the Global Economy Revolution in Development: Mexico and the Governance of the Global Economy (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 23 ratings — published
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Development Projects Observed Development Projects Observed (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.50 — 30 ratings — published 1967
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Navigation by Judgment: Why and When Top-Down Management of Foreign Aid Doesn't Work Navigation by Judgment: Why and When Top-Down Management of Foreign Aid Doesn't Work (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.10 — 10 ratings — published
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یک عاشقانه‌ی آرام یک عاشقانه‌ی آرام (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.60 — 6,283 ratings — published 1997
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The Rules of Art: Genesis and Structure of the Literary Field (Meridian-Crossing Aesthetics) The Rules of Art: Genesis and Structure of the Literary Field (Meridian-Crossing Aesthetics)
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avg rating 4.08 — 442 ratings — published 1992
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Doctor Meow's Big Emergency (Whoops-a-Daisy World Series) Doctor Meow's Big Emergency (Whoops-a-Daisy World Series)
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avg rating 3.64 — 103 ratings — published 2007
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Theirs Is the Kingdom: Celebrating the Gospel in Urban America Theirs Is the Kingdom: Celebrating the Gospel in Urban America (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.39 — 521 ratings — published 1989
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Compassion, Justice and the Christian Life: Rethinking Ministry to the Poor Compassion, Justice and the Christian Life: Rethinking Ministry to the Poor (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.07 — 368 ratings — published 2007
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Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Trigger by Tim ButcherEmergency Sex (And Other Desperate Measures)  by Kenneth CainYippie Girl by Judy GumboNo Dancing, No Dancing by Denis Dragovic
Civil Conflict
19 books — 20 voters
Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy KidderPoor Economics by Abhijit V. BanerjeeHalf the Sky by Nicholas D. KristofDead Aid by Dambisa MoyoThe Bottom Billion by Paul Collier
International development
223 books — 208 voters

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“Indefinite dependency on aid has gradually become the default long-term response to refugees.”
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