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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo Publisher Comments From Pulitzer Prize-winner Katherine Boo, a landmark work of narrative nonfiction that tells the dramatic and sometimes heartbreaking story of families striving toward a better life in one of the twenty-first century's great, unequal cities. In this... (read more) Your price: $27.00 New - Hardcover 
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The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time by Jeffrey Sachs Publisher Comments A landmark exploration of the way out of extreme poverty for the worlds poorest citizens Among the most eagerly anticipated books of any year, this landmark exploration of prosperity and poverty distills the life work of an economist Time calls one of... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done about It by Paul Collier Publisher Comments 'Global poverty, Paul Collier points out, is actually falling quite rapidly for about eighty percent of the world. The real crisis lies in a group of about 50 failing states, the bottom billion, whose problems defy traditional approaches to alleviating... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty by Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee Publisher Comments Why do the poor borrow to save? Why do they miss out on free life-saving immunizations, but pay for unnecessary drugs? In Poor Economics, Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo, two practical visionaries working toward ending world poverty, answer these... (read more) Your price: $15.99 New - Trade Paper
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Routledge/UNRISD Research in Gender and Development #8: Global Variations in the Political and Social Economy of Care: Worlds Apart by Shahra (edt) Razavi Publisher Comments Care work, both paid and unpaid, contributes to well-being, social development and economic growth. But the costs of providing care are unequally borne across gender and social class. Feminist scholarship on the gendered construction of welfare... (read more) Your price: $125.00 New - Hardcover
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Politics in Latin America (2ND 08 Edition) by Charles H. Blake Publisher Comments Approaching Latin American politics and government from a political science perspective, Politics in Latin America focuses on three unifying themes central to Latin America today--the challenges of development, liberty, and governance. These themes are... (read more) List Price $111.95 Your price: $84.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Bootstrapping Democracy: Transforming Local Governance and Civil Society in Brazil by Gianpaolo Baiocchi Publisher Comments Despite increasing interest in how involvement in local government can improve governance and lead to civic renewal, questions remain about participation's real impact. This book investigates participatory budgeting—a mainstay now of World Bank,... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $20.50 New - Trade Paper
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Realworld Evaluation: Working Under Budget, Time, Data, and Political Constraints by Michael Bamberger Publisher Comments The authors provide a useful checklist of questions that can be used to shape dialogue between commissioners of evaluation and evaluators when designing the evaluation, and developing a joint understanding of an agreement about what can and cannot be... (read more) Your price: $74.95 New - Trade Paper
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From Poverty to Power: How Active Citizens and Effective States Can Change the World by Duncan Green Publisher Comments The twenty-first century will be defined by the fight against the scourges of poverty, inequality, and the threat of environmental collapse as the fight against slavery or for universal suffrage defined earlier eras. From Poverty to Power argues that to... (read more) Your price: $39.95 New - Trade Paper
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Names, Not Just Numbers: Facing Global AIDS and World Hunger (Speaker's Corner) by Donald E. Messer Publisher Comments Exposing a tragic and ongoing crisis of humanity, this moving book presents the faces and stories of people struggling to conquer hunger and disease. Urging all of us to stop turning a blind eye, Names, Not Just Numbers reveals the stark statistical and... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Hardcover
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Revoltuions in Development Inquiry by Robert Chambers Publisher Comments Robert Chambers returns with a new book that reviews, together for the first time, some of the revolutionary changes in the methodologies and methods of development inquiry that have occurred in the past 40 years, and reflects on their transformative... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Challenge for Africa by Wangari Muta Maathai Publisher Comments The troubles of Africa today are severe and wide-ranging. Yet, too often, they are portrayed by the media in extreme terms connoting poverty, dependence, and desperation. Here Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and founder of the Green Belt... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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Issues in Monetary and Fiscal Policy in Small Developing States: A Case Study of the Pacific by T. K. Jayaraman Publisher Comments This study examines how monetary and fiscal policies are implemented in Pacific small states and the impact on growth and development in these countries. It carefully sets out both the policy and institutional constraints in monetary and fiscal policy... (read more) Your price: $27.75 New - Trade Paper
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Silences in Ngo Discourse: The Role and Future of Ngos in Africa by Issa G. Shivji Publisher Comments One of the most articulate critics of the destructive effects of neoliberal policies in Africa, and in particular of the ways in which they have eroded the gains of independence, Issa Shivji shows in two extensive essays in this book that the role... (read more) Your price: $12.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Korean State and Social Policy: How South Korea Lifted Itself from Poverty and Dictatorship to Affluence and Democracy (International Policy Exchange) by Stein Ringen Publisher Comments There are two great mysteries in the political economy of South Korea. How could a destroyed country in next to no time become a sophisticated and affluent economy? And how could a ruthlessly authoritarian regime metamorphose with relative ease into a... (read more) Your price: $58.95 New - Hardcover
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The Best Options for Africa: 11 Political, Economic and Divine Principles by Alfred A. R. Latigo Publisher Comments DO YOU WANT TO MAKE AFRICAA BETTER PLACE IN WHICH TO LIVE IN?Let Africa's turnround be based on your values that include positive thinking, honesty, integrity, commitment, transparency and accountability and Alfred Latigo explains how each one of us can... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $8.87 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Out of Poverty. Comparative Poverty Reduction Strategies in Eastern and Southern Africa by Flora Lucas Kessy Publisher Comments Poverty reduction has been a long-standing concern of all African countries since independence. This focus is also reflected in the policies of the international donor community, including the twin International Financial Institutions (IFIs) - the World... (read more) List Price $32.95 Your price: $31.71 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Desire for Development: Whiteness, Gender, and the Helping Imperative by Barbara Heron Publisher Comments In Desire for Development: Whiteness, Gender, and the Helping Imperative, Barbara Heron draws on poststructuralist notions of subjectivity, critical race and space theory, feminism, colonial and postcolonial studies, and travel writing to trace colonial... (read more) Your price: $51.25 New - Trade Paper
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Creative Capacity Development: Learning to Adapt in Development Practice by Jenny Pearson Publisher Comments The development community seems constantly and restlessly in search of a singular approach that will solve poverty, unveiling new buzzwords every few years only to toss them aside. Author Jenny Pearson argues that the fundamental flaw with this system is... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $18.49 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Income-Poverty and Beyond: Human Development in India (Anthem Modern South Asian Studies) by Ratna M. Sudarshan Publisher Comments 'Income Poverty and Beyond' emphasizes the need to go beyond the conventional definition of poverty and look at the various human aspects of the problem. Special care has been taken to make the information and analysis accessible to the general reader.... (read more) Your price: $103.75 New - Hardcover
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