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Politics & Society » Aid & International Development

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Natural Capitalism by Amory Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins & Paul Hawken

“This book is the best combination of deep poetry and high theory that I’ve come across, and it’s a very close expression of my own views.”

Van Jones, Political Commentator

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The Doubly Green Revolution by Gordon Conway

“This is a dense read by a wonderful leader in the field of agriculture who went on to become president of the Rockefeller Foundation. It’s probably one of the more important stories in human history”

Rajiv Shah, Development & Aid Workers (see also Economists)

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Banker to the Poor by Muhammad Yunus

“I chose this book for the power of the story that he tells – the founding of Grameen Bank and the success that it has had.”

Roger Thurow, Foreign Correspondent

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In this section experts in aid and international development choose books that look at our attempts—and failures—to tackle global social problems such as poverty, displacement and disease.  It also looks at responses to natural disasters.

Climate change expert Khurshid Alam chooses five books that look at natural disasters, and outlines some of the key political issues that relate to disaster management.  Investigative reporter Gary Rivlin looks at Hurricane Katrina, the response to it in New Orleans and what that can tell us about American society. Immunologist Arthur Ammann talks about HIV/AIDS and the lessons history can teach us in dealing with plagues.

Turning to manmade problems, former British foreign secretary David Miliband talks about refugees and Roger Thurow of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs talks about hunger. Jo Boydon, Professor of International Relations at Oxford talks about raising children, particularly in the developing world, and the particular challenges and complications that can throw up. Clare Lockhart looks at failed states.

Beyond that we have a myriad interviews looking at solutions to the world’s problems, including on vaccines, public health, breakthroughs in development, children and the millennium development goals, saving the world, changing the world for good (with Mia Farrow), aid work, a world without poverty (with Muhammad Yunus), and humanitarian intervention—to give you some idea.

    The best books on Effective Altruism, recommended by Will MacAskill

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    The best books on Effective Altruism - Practical Ethics by Peter Singer

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    Practical Ethics
    by Peter Singer

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    The best books on Effective Altruism - Reasons and Persons by Derek Parfit

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    Reasons and Persons
    by Derek Parfit

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    The best books on Effective Altruism - 80,000 Hours: Find a fulfilling career that does good by Benjamin Todd

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    80,000 Hours: Find a fulfilling career that does good
    by Benjamin Todd

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    The best books on Effective Altruism - Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap? by Graham Allison

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    Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?
    by Graham Allison

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    The best books on Effective Altruism - Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies by Nick Bostrom

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    Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
    by Nick Bostrom

The best books on Effective Altruism, recommended by Will MacAskill

Should you feel responsible for helping the world become better? And if so, how should you use your time, money, and career to have the biggest possible impact? These are the questions addressed by the effective altruism movement. One of its leading figures, Will MacAskill, recommends the best books to answer them.

    Arthur Ammann recommends the best books on the HIV/Aids Plague

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    Arthur Ammann recommends the best books on the HIV/Aids Plague - The Plague by Albert Camus

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    The Plague
    by Albert Camus

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    Arthur Ammann recommends the best books on the HIV/Aids Plague - The Coming Plague by Laurie Garrett

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    The Coming Plague
    by Laurie Garrett

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    Arthur Ammann recommends the best books on the HIV/Aids Plague - And the Band Played on by Randy Shilts

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    And the Band Played on
    by Randy Shilts

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    Arthur Ammann recommends the best books on the HIV/Aids Plague - Plagues and Peoples by William McNeill

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    Plagues and Peoples
    by William McNeill

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    Arthur Ammann recommends the best books on the HIV/Aids Plague - The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West and the Fight Against AIDS by Helen Epstein

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    The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West and the Fight Against AIDS
    by Helen Epstein

Arthur Ammann recommends the best books on the HIV/Aids Plague

When dealing with epidemics, science does not have all the answers and relying on a new miracle drug is not always the solution. We must also learn the lessons of history, argues the veteran doctor of the HIV/Aids epidemic, Arthur Ammann. He picks the best books on ‘plagues.’

    The best books on Refugees, recommended by David Miliband

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    The best books on Refugees - Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948 by Madeleine Albright

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    Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948
    by Madeleine Albright

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    The best books on Refugees - City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World's Largest Refugee Camp by Ben Rawlence

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    City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World's Largest Refugee Camp
    by Ben Rawlence

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    The best books on Refugees - The New Threat from Islamic Militancy by Jason Burke

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    The New Threat from Islamic Militancy
    by Jason Burke

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    The best books on Refugees - Not in God's Name: Confronting Religious Violence by Jonathan Sacks

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    Not in God's Name: Confronting Religious Violence
    by Jonathan Sacks

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    The best books on Refugees - Little Bee: A Novel by Chris Cleave

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    Little Bee: A Novel
    by Chris Cleave

The best books on Refugees, recommended by David Miliband

One out of every 122 people in the world today is displaced by conflict. David Miliband, president of the IRC, chooses five books to help us think constructively about refugees and the causes of the current crisis.

    The best books on Children, recommended by Jo Boyden

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    The best books on Children - Pricing the Priceless Child: The Changing Social Value of Children by Viviana A Zelizer

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    Pricing the Priceless Child: The Changing Social Value of Children
    by Viviana A Zelizer

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    The best books on Children - Social Development by H. Rudolph Schaffer

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    Social Development
    by H. Rudolph Schaffer

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    The best books on Children - The Roads of Chinese Childhood by Charles Stafford

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    The Roads of Chinese Childhood
    by Charles Stafford

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    The best books on Children - The Child in the City by Colin Ward

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    The Child in the City
    by Colin Ward

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    The best books on Children - The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett

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    The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger
    by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett

The best books on Children, recommended by Jo Boyden

We all know how children should be brought up, and rarely question the cultural norms that underly that certainty. But what does that mean for the policies we try to impose on the developing world? Jo Boyden, professor of international development at Oxford University and director of its Young Lives study, picks books that question our assumptions about how to successfully raise a child.

    The best books on Hurricane Katrina, recommended by Gary Rivlin

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    The best books on Hurricane Katrina - City of Refuge by Tom Piazza

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    City of Refuge
    by Tom Piazza

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    The best books on Hurricane Katrina - The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast by Douglas Brinkley

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    The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast
    by Douglas Brinkley

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    The best books on Hurricane Katrina - Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City by Jed Horne

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    Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City
    by Jed Horne

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    The best books on Hurricane Katrina - Disaster: Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security by Christopher Cooper and Robert Block

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    Disaster: Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security
    by Christopher Cooper and Robert Block

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    The best books on Hurricane Katrina - New Orleans: The Making of an Urban Landscape by Peirce F. Lewis

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    New Orleans: The Making of an Urban Landscape
    by Peirce F. Lewis

The best books on Hurricane Katrina, recommended by Gary Rivlin

Katrina was not a natural disaster but an engineering one, says the journalist and author. He chooses the best books on Hurricane Katrina, ranging from a novel to a geographical biography of New Orleans. 

    The Best Vaccine Books, recommended by Seth Mnookin

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    The Best Vaccine Books - Polio: An American Story by David Oshinsky

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    Polio: An American Story
    by David Oshinsky

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    The Best Vaccine Books - Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver by Arthur Allen

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    Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver
    by Arthur Allen

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    The Best Vaccine Books - The Cutter Incident: How America's First Polio Vaccine Led to the Growing Vaccine Crisis by Paul Offit

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    The Cutter Incident: How America's First Polio Vaccine Led to the Growing Vaccine Crisis
    by Paul Offit

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    The Best Vaccine Books - Microbe Hunters by Paul de Kruif

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    Microbe Hunters
    by Paul de Kruif

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    The Best Vaccine Books - The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic by Steven Johnson

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    The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic
    by Steven Johnson

The Best Vaccine Books, recommended by Seth Mnookin

November 9th, 2020: We’ve just heard the news that Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine is 90% effective, at least in the short-term, raising the possibility that the coronavirus pandemic may finally be brought to an end. The history of vaccines is an absolutely fascinating one, and we highly recommend all the books discussed in this 2013 interview with Seth Mnookin, author of The Panic Virus and Professor of Science Writing at MIT. These are all gripping reads that tell the story of vaccines, medicine’s greatest life-saver, and the risks people took to find them.

    The best books on Public Health, recommended by Thomas Frieden

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    The best books on Public Health - Vaccinated by Paul A Offit, MD

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    Vaccinated
    by Paul A Offit, MD

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    The best books on Public Health - House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox by William H Foege

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    House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox
    by William H Foege

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    The best books on Public Health - Inside the Outbreaks by Mark Pendergrast

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    Inside the Outbreaks
    by Mark Pendergrast

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    The best books on Public Health - Tobacco: A Global Threat by John Crofton and David Simpson

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    Tobacco: A Global Threat
    by John Crofton and David Simpson

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    The best books on Public Health - Rose’s Strategy of Preventive Medicine by Geoffrey Rose

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    Rose’s Strategy of Preventive Medicine
    by Geoffrey Rose

The best books on Public Health, recommended by Thomas Frieden

Infectious disease expert—and former director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention— Thomas Frieden, takes us inside the world of fighting epidemics, eradicating disease and confronting the preventable damage we do to ourselves.

    The best books on Breakthroughs in Development, recommended by Rajiv Shah

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    The best books on Breakthroughs in Development - A Farewell to Alms by Gregory Clark

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    A Farewell to Alms
    by Gregory Clark

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    The best books on Breakthroughs in Development - Millions Saved by Ruth Levine

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    Millions Saved
    by Ruth Levine

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    The best books on Breakthroughs in Development - The Alchemy of Air by Thomas Hager

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    The Alchemy of Air
    by Thomas Hager

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    The best books on Breakthroughs in Development - The Doubly Green Revolution by Gordon Conway

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    The Doubly Green Revolution
    by Gordon Conway

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    The best books on Breakthroughs in Development - Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid by CK Prahalad

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    Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid
    by CK Prahalad

The best books on Breakthroughs in Development, recommended by Rajiv Shah

The head of USAID says ending poverty is within our grasp, and explains why development and a flair for business can be a happy combination

    The best books on Rural Women in the Developing World, recommended by Khushi Kabir

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    The best books on Rural Women in the Developing World - Jhagrapur by Jenneke Arens and Jos Van Beurden

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    Jhagrapur
    by Jenneke Arens and Jos Van Beurden

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    The best books on Rural Women in the Developing World - Reversed Realities by Naila Kabeer

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    Reversed Realities
    by Naila Kabeer

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    The best books on Rural Women in the Developing World - Agunmukhar Meye by Nurjahan Bose

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    Agunmukhar Meye
    by Nurjahan Bose

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    The best books on Rural Women in the Developing World - A Quiet Violence: View from a Bangladesh Village by Betsy Hartmann and James K Boyce

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    A Quiet Violence: View from a Bangladesh Village
    by Betsy Hartmann and James K Boyce

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    The best books on Rural Women in the Developing World - Surja Dighal Bari (The Ominous House)

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    Surja Dighal Bari (The Ominous House)

The best books on Rural Women in the Developing World, recommended by Khushi Kabir

The Bangladeshi campaigner for lifting women out of poverty says village life has been wrongly idealised. It is not a harmonious whole, with the elders looking after the interests of all the villagers alike

    The best books on Hunger, recommended by Roger Thurow

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    The best books on Hunger - The Doubly Green Revolution by Gordon Conway

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    The Doubly Green Revolution
    by Gordon Conway

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    The best books on Hunger - Banker to the Poor by Muhammad Yunus

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    Banker to the Poor
    by Muhammad Yunus

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    The best books on Hunger - Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder

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    Mountains Beyond Mountains
    by Tracy Kidder

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    The best books on Hunger - Changing the Face of Hunger by Tony Hall

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    Changing the Face of Hunger
    by Tony Hall

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    The best books on Hunger - The Bible The New Oxford Annotated Bible

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    The Bible
    The New Oxford Annotated Bible

The best books on Hunger, recommended by Roger Thurow

Millions of people around the world still die of malnourishment each year, and 815 million people go hungry, according to statistics for the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization. And yet, there is hope. Roger Thurow, Senior Fellow for Global Food and Agriculture at the Chicago Council and author of Enough: Why the World’s Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty, recommends books with inspiring examples of what individuals and organizations have done to try and reduce sickness and hunger around the world.

    The best books on Natural Disasters, recommended by Khurshid Alam

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    The best books on Natural Disasters - At Risk by Ben Wisner, Piers Blaikie & Terry Cannon and Ian Davis

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    At Risk
    by Ben Wisner, Piers Blaikie & Terry Cannon and Ian Davis

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    The best books on Natural Disasters - Late Victorian Holocausts by Mike Davis

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    Late Victorian Holocausts
    by Mike Davis

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    The best books on Natural Disasters - A Crack in the Edge of the World by Simon Winchester

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    A Crack in the Edge of the World
    by Simon Winchester

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    The best books on Natural Disasters - Building Back Better by Michael Lyons and Theo Schilderman

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    Building Back Better
    by Michael Lyons and Theo Schilderman

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    The best books on Natural Disasters - Know Risk by United Nations

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    Know Risk
    by United Nations

The best books on Natural Disasters, recommended by Khurshid Alam

Disaster reconstruction and climate change expert, Khurshid Alam, talks through five illuminating books on natural disasters and outlines some of the key political issues relating to disaster management.

    The best books on Children and the Millennium Development Goals, recommended by Richard Jolly

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    The best books on Children and the Millennium Development Goals - UNICEF’s 2010 State of the World’s Children Report, Celebrating 20 Years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by UNICEF

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    UNICEF’s 2010 State of the World’s Children Report, Celebrating 20 Years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
    by UNICEF

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    The best books on Children and the Millennium Development Goals - UNDP, The Human Development Report 2003 by UNDP

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    UNDP, The Human Development Report 2003
    by UNDP

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    The best books on Children and the Millennium Development Goals - The No-Nonsense Guide to the United Nations by Maggie Black

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    The No-Nonsense Guide to the United Nations
    by Maggie Black

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    The best books on Children and the Millennium Development Goals - Just Give Money to the Poor by Joseph Hanlon, Armando Barrientos and David Hulme

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    Just Give Money to the Poor
    by Joseph Hanlon, Armando Barrientos and David Hulme

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    The best books on Children and the Millennium Development Goals - The Idea of Justice by Amartya Sen

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    The Idea of Justice
    by Amartya Sen

The best books on Children and the Millennium Development Goals, recommended by Richard Jolly

The UN veteran chooses books on the fate of children in the developing world and the Millennium Goals and says giving money to the poor works

    The best books on Saving the World, recommended by Jonathon Porritt

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    The best books on Saving the World - The Limits to Growth by Dennis L. Meadows, Donella H Meadows & Jorgen Randers

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    The Limits to Growth
    by Dennis L. Meadows, Donella H Meadows & Jorgen Randers

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    The best books on Saving the World - Natural Capitalism by Amory Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins & Paul Hawken

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    Natural Capitalism
    by Amory Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins & Paul Hawken

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    The best books on Saving the World - The Upside of Down by Thomas Homer-Dixon

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    The Upside of Down
    by Thomas Homer-Dixon

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    The best books on Saving the World - Hot, Flat and Crowded by Thomas Friedman

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    Hot, Flat and Crowded
    by Thomas Friedman

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    The best books on Saving the World - Moby Dick by Herman Melville

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    Moby Dick
    by Herman Melville

The best books on Saving the World, recommended by Jonathon Porritt

Co-founder of Forum For The Future and one of the leading experts on climate change hammers home the need to encourage sustainable development technologies across the globe

    The best books on Saving the World, recommended by Nicholas Kristof

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    The best books on Saving the World - The Bottom Billion by Paul Collier

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    The Bottom Billion
    by Paul Collier

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    The best books on Saving the World - How to Change the World by David Bornstein

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    How to Change the World
    by David Bornstein

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    The best books on Saving the World - The Blue Sweater by Jacqueline Novogratz

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    The Blue Sweater
    by Jacqueline Novogratz

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    The best books on Saving the World - Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson

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    Three Cups of Tea
    by Greg Mortenson

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    The best books on Saving the World - Philanthrocapitalism by Matthew Bishop and Michael Green

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    Philanthrocapitalism
    by Matthew Bishop and Michael Green

The best books on Saving the World, recommended by Nicholas Kristof

“I was looking for books that offer good, practical ideas on how to make the world a better place.” Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist, Nicholas Kristof, recommends books to read if you’d like to save the world.

    The best books on Changing the World for Good, recommended by Mia Farrow

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    The best books on Changing the World for Good - Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

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    Half the Sky
    by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

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    The best books on Changing the World for Good - We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families by Philip Gourevitch

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    We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families
    by Philip Gourevitch

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    The best books on Changing the World for Good - Worse than War by Daniel Goldhagen

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    Worse than War
    by Daniel Goldhagen

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    The best books on Changing the World for Good - The Responsibility to Protect by Gareth Evans

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    The Responsibility to Protect
    by Gareth Evans

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    The best books on Changing the World for Good - Tears of the Desert by Halima Bashir

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    Tears of the Desert
    by Halima Bashir

The best books on Changing the World for Good, recommended by Mia Farrow

The actress and humanitarian activist says that in any genocide 95 per cent of us are capable of being led or enticed to a tipping point where we can pick up a machete and hack to death strangers and friends alike.

    The best books on The Millennium Development Goals , recommended by Jeffrey D Sachs

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    The best books on The Millennium Development Goals  - Ethics for the New Millennium by Dalai Lama

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    Ethics for the New Millennium
    by Dalai Lama

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    The best books on The Millennium Development Goals  - We the Peoples by Kofi Annan

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    We the Peoples
    by Kofi Annan

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    The best books on The Millennium Development Goals  - Manifesto by Hans Küng

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    Manifesto
    by Hans Küng

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    The best books on The Millennium Development Goals  - American University Peace Speech by John F Kennedy

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    American University Peace Speech
    by John F Kennedy

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    The best books on The Millennium Development Goals  - The End of Poverty by Jeffrey D Sachs

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    The End of Poverty
    by Jeffrey D Sachs

The best books on The Millennium Development Goals , recommended by Jeffrey D Sachs

The prominent international economic adviser, Jeff Sachs, says we can reduce poverty by devoting just a modest fraction of our vast wealth to the effort.

    The best books on Aid Work, recommended by Cassie Knight

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    The best books on Aid Work - Brazzaville Charms by Cassie Knight

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    Brazzaville Charms
    by Cassie Knight

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    The best books on Aid Work - Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response by The Sphere Project

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    Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response
    by The Sphere Project

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    The best books on Aid Work - The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh

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    The Hungry Tide
    by Amitav Ghosh

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    The best books on Aid Work - Cause Celeb by Helen Fielding

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    Cause Celeb
    by Helen Fielding

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    The best books on Aid Work - The Life You Can Save by Peter Singer

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    The Life You Can Save
    by Peter Singer

The best books on Aid Work, recommended by Cassie Knight

Aid worker and consultant for Catholic Relief Services says working in tragic situations where victims have been traumatised is emotionally gruelling – but insists there are still opportunities to bring about change

    The best books on A World Without Poverty, recommended by Muhammad Yunus

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    The best books on A World Without Poverty - Creating a World Without Poverty by Muhammad Yunus

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    Creating a World Without Poverty
    by Muhammad Yunus

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    The best books on A World Without Poverty - Banker to the Poor by Muhammad Yunus

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    Banker to the Poor
    by Muhammad Yunus

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    The best books on A World Without Poverty - Germinal by Emile Zola

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    Germinal
    by Emile Zola

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    The best books on A World Without Poverty - A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

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    A Tale of Two Cities
    by Charles Dickens

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    The best books on A World Without Poverty - An Anthology by Rabindranath Tagore by Rabindranath Tagore

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    An Anthology by Rabindranath Tagore
    by Rabindranath Tagore

The best books on A World Without Poverty, recommended by Muhammad Yunus

The 2006 Nobel Peace Prize-winner talks about his creation of micro-credit and walks us through his five books on poverty and how to eradicate it – includes Zola’s Germinal and Dickens’ A Tale Of Two Cities

    The best books on Economic Development, recommended by Pranab Bardhan

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    The best books on Economic Development - The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

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    The Wealth of Nations
    by Adam Smith

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    The best books on Economic Development - The Strategy of Economic Development by Albert Hirschman

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    The Strategy of Economic Development
    by Albert Hirschman

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    The best books on Economic Development - The Theory of Economic Growth by W Arthur Lewis

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    The Theory of Economic Growth
    by W Arthur Lewis

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    The best books on Economic Development - Redistribution with Growth by H B Chenery

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    Redistribution with Growth
    by H B Chenery

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    The best books on Economic Development - Resources, Values and Development by Amartya Sen

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    Resources, Values and Development
    by Amartya Sen

The best books on Economic Development, recommended by Pranab Bardhan

What is economic development? What does it take to make it happen? What can we learn from the days Britain was still a developing country?  Eminent Indian economist, Pranab Bardhan, recommends the best books to better understand economic development.

    The best books on Humanitarian Intervention, recommended by Philip Cunliffe

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    The best books on Humanitarian Intervention - From Kosovo to Kabul and Beyond - New Edition by David Chandler (University of Westminster)

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    From Kosovo to Kabul and Beyond - New Edition
    by David Chandler (University of Westminster)

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    The best books on Humanitarian Intervention - Human Rights and Empire by Costas Douzinas

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    Human Rights and Empire
    by Costas Douzinas

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    The best books on Humanitarian Intervention - Global Governance and the New Wars by Mark Duffield

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    Global Governance and the New Wars
    by Mark Duffield

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    The best books on Humanitarian Intervention - Philosophy of Right by G. W. F. Hegel

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    Philosophy of Right
    by G. W. F. Hegel

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    The best books on Humanitarian Intervention - Saviours and Survivors by Mahmood Mamdani

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    Saviours and Survivors
    by Mahmood Mamdani

The best books on Humanitarian Intervention, recommended by Philip Cunliffe

Lecturer in international conflict says the idea that it is right and legitimate for states to intervene in others’ affairs is a very dangerous trend, especially in the name of humanitarianism

    The best books on The Poor and Their Money, recommended by Stuart Rutherford

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    The best books on The Poor and Their Money - The Economics of Microfinance by Beatriz Armendáriz and Jonathan Morduch

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    The Economics of Microfinance
    by Beatriz Armendáriz and Jonathan Morduch

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    The best books on The Poor and Their Money - Mainstreaming Microfinance by Elisabeth Rhyne

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    Mainstreaming Microfinance
    by Elisabeth Rhyne

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    The best books on The Poor and Their Money - Women at the Centre by Helen Todd

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    Women at the Centre
    by Helen Todd

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    The best books on The Poor and Their Money - A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry

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    A Fine Balance
    by Rohinton Mistry

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    The best books on The Poor and Their Money - Small, Short and Unsecured by F J A (Fritz) Bouman

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    Small, Short and Unsecured
    by F J A (Fritz) Bouman

The best books on The Poor and Their Money, recommended by Stuart Rutherford

Modern microfinance was born in the late 1970s, and is now viewed as a key way of helping people in poor countries get out of poverty. Author and practitioner Stuart Rutherford recommends the best books to get a basic understanding of microfinance.

    The best books on Failed States, recommended by Clare Lockhart

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    The best books on Failed States - The Public and Its Problems by John Dewey

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    The Public and Its Problems
    by John Dewey

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    The best books on Failed States - Seeing Like a State by James C Scott

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    Seeing Like a State
    by James C Scott

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    The best books on Failed States - The Mystery of Capital by Hernando De Soto

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    The Mystery of Capital
    by Hernando De Soto

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    The best books on Failed States - Illicit by Moises Naim

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    Illicit
    by Moises Naim

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    The best books on Failed States - Natural Capitalism by Amory Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins & Paul Hawken

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    Natural Capitalism
    by Amory Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins & Paul Hawken

The best books on Failed States, recommended by Clare Lockhart

The director of The Institute for State Effectiveness, Clare Lockhart, questions the role of the state and discusses the effects of failed states on both neighbouring and local populations. She picks the best books on failed states.

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