Here is a list that I put together a couple of years ago for my PMP course (where I assigned book reviews).
I thought the book by Paul Collier was particualrly good. If I were to update the list, one book I would add is Wisdom of Whores by Elizabeth Pisani. Pairing a book by Easterly with a book by Sachs is fun. * * The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good by William Easterly * The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics by William Easterly * The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time by Jeffrey Sachs * The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It by Paul Collier * A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World by Gregory Clark * In Spite of the Gods: The Rise of Modern India by Edward Luce * The Fate of Africa: A History of Fifty Years of Independence by Martin Meredith * Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues by Paul Farmer * Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet by Jeffrey D. Sachs * Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism by Muhammad Yunus * Out of Poverty: What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail by Paul Polak * Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond * Banker To The Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty by Muhammad Yunus * The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits by C. K. Prahalad ________________________________ From: change-bounces at change.washington.edu [change-bounces at change.washington.edu] On Behalf Of joe michiels [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 4:42 PM To: change - Email Alias Cc: Jonathan Hill Subject: [change] Reading List for MBA seminar on global health & economic development A peer of mine in the business school is looking for good development/global health books for a seminar/course for MBAs that's being offered in the winter. Given that the audience may or may not have a background in the field, are there particular overview/introductory texts that Change folks would recommend? A few that have come up so far: Common Wealth - Sachs End of Poverty - Sachs Dead Aid - Moyo White Man's Burden - Easterly The Blue Sweater - Novogratz I'm not sure if students outside of the business school can enroll/attend, but if anyone's interested I can definitely check. -Joe Michiels Foster School of Business - Class of 2010 jmich at uw.edu<mailto:jmich at uw.edu> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/private/change/attachments/20091208/7e93867c/attachment.htm>
