Poverty Books: My 2009 reading list

Collier, P., The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It (Oxford University Press, 2007)

Easterly, W., The White Man’s Burden: Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good. (Oxford University Press, 2007)

Kotler, P. Lee, N.R., Up and Out of Poverty: The Social Marketing Solution. (Wharton School Publishing, 2009)

Kristof, N. D. WuDunn, S., Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide. (Kopf, 2009)

Milway, K.S., One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference (Kids Can Press, Ltd, 2008)

Moyo, D., Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is Another Way for Africa. (Farrar, Straus and Girou, 2009)

Novogratz, J., The Blue Sweater: Bridging the gap between rich and poor in an interconnected world. (Rodale Books, 2009)

Prahalad, CK., The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Wharton School Publishing-Pearson, 2005)

Polak, P., Out of Poverty: What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., San Francisco, 2008)

Sachs, J., The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time (New York: Penguin Press, 2005)

Sachs, J., Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet (New York: Penguin Press, 2008)

Singer, P., The Life You Can Save: Acting Now To End World Poverty (Random House, 2009)

Smith, S., Ending Global Poverty: A guide to What Works (New York: Palgrave-MacMillan, 2005)

Thurow, R. Kilman S., Enough: Why The World’s Poorest Starve In An Age Of Plenty (Public Affairs, New York, 2009)

Yunus, M., Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism (Public Affairs, New York, 2007)

“The book I most enjoyed reading in 2009 and truly inspires my passion and drive is ‘One Hen’, closely followed by ‘Dead Aid’ , ‘Half The Sky’, and ‘Enough.’ If you haven’t read these books, I can highly recommend them” Steve