Listed are a number of books related to development and, in turn, to our project in Guate - both that I've read and would like to read. This summer I am fully embracing my inner nerd and if anyone wants to send me something, a book off my "wanted" list would be greatly appreciated! (or food, of course...)
Future Reads:
Bill Clinton: Giving*
William Easterly: The Elusive Quest for Growth
Paul Farmer: Pathologies of Power
John Head: Losing the Global Development War
John Head: The Future of Global Economic Organizations
Charles Kenny: Getting Better: Why Development is Succeeding - And How We Can Improve the World Even More
Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner: Freakonomics* & Superfreakonomics
Jacqueline Novogratz: The Blue Sweater- Bridging the gap between rich & poor in interconnected world
Martha Nussbaum: Creating Capabilities*
Thomas Pogge: World Poverty & Human Rights
Dani Rodrik: The Globalization Paradox- Democracy & the Future of the World Economy
Joe Stiglitz: Making Globalization Work*
Eric Thurman & Phillip Smith: A Billion Bootstraps - Microcredit, barefoot banking, and the business solution for ending poverty
Paul Tough: Whatever it Takes- Geoffrey Canada
Lynne Twist: The Soul of Money
Tony and Maureen Wheeler: Unlikely Destinations*
John Wood: Leaving Microsoft to Change the World*
Muhammad Yunus: Banker to the Poor*
Fareed Zakaria: The Post-American World*
*already own it..
Good Reads:
Hernando DeSoto: The Mystery of Capital
William Easterly: The White Man's Burden
George Friedman - The Next 100 Years
John McKnight: The Careless Society- Community & Its Counterfeits
Jeffrey Sachs: The End of Poverty
Michael Sandel: Justice- What's the Right Thing To Do?
Amartya Sen: Development as Freedom
Peter Singer: The Life You Can Save
Joe Stiglitz: Globalization & its Discontents
Muhammad Yunus: Creating a World Without Poverty
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