Reading List
From Change
There are a number of resources available to learn more about development and global issues. In addition to a number of organizations, there are books and blogs on the matter.
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Printed Books
Economic Development
- The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time
- by Jeffrey D. Sachs
- Website
- 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
- Amazon
- The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
- by Paul Collier
- Amazon
- The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits
- by CK Prahalad
- Amazon
- Banker To The Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty
- by Muhammad Yunus
- Amazon
Social Justice
- Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
- by Tracy Kidder
- Amazon
- Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace...One School At A Time
- by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
- Website
Context
- A Long Way Gone
- by Ishmael Beah
- Website
- The Zanzibar Chest: A Story of Life, Love, and Death in Foreign Lands
- by Aidan Hartley
- Amazon
Course Reading Lists
- UW CSE590b Spring 2008
Blogs
- Ethan Zuckerman - Blogs about global issues.