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Development Studies


Development Studies Books

Development as Freedom
The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time
Globalization and its Discontents
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good
Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective
The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa
Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
Pedagogy of the Oppressed
The Anti-Politics Machine: "Development," Depoliticization, and Bureaucratic Power in Lesotho
Encountering Development: The Making and Unmaking of the Third World
An Uncertain Glory: India and its Contradictions
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
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