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These are some recommended books drawn from the "FoodChain" thread.
The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little GoodDespite Good Intentions: Why Development Assistance to the Third World Has FailedLords of Poverty
The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Effo...
by William Easterly
Despite Good Intentions: Why Development As...
by Thomas W. Dichter
£21.38
Lords of Poverty
by Graham Handcock
An Army of Davids: How Markets and Technology Empower Ordinary People to Beat Big Media, Big Government, and Other GoliathsHouse of Glass (Buru Quartet)The Deliberative Practitioner: Encouraging Participatory Planning Processes
An Army of Davids: How Markets and Technolo...
by Glenn Reynolds
House of Glass (Buru Quartet)
by Pramoedya Ananta Toer
The Deliberative Practitioner: Encouraging ...
by J Forester
£21.80