Ten books on ending poverty in Africa

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The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
1.  The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It by Paul Collier
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  "Easy to read guide to why some countries fail to develop. A good place to start."
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The State of Africa: A History of Fifty Years of Independence
2.  The State of Africa: A History of Fifty Years of Independence by Martin Meredith
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  "Useful as a reference, to read up on the historical context."
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The End of Poverty: How We Can Make it Happen in Our Lifetime
3.  The End of Poverty: How We Can Make it Happen in Our Lifetime by Jeffrey Sachs
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  "Influential call to focus on the Millennium Development Goals."
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The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill And So Little Good
4.  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
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  "Why aid hasn't worked, and the misguided nature of master plans for Africa."
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Banker to the Poor: The Story of the Grameen Bank
5.  Banker to the Poor: The Story of the Grameen Bank by Muhammad Yunus
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  "Learning from the Grameen Bank's pioneering microfinance in Bangladesh"
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How Rich Countries Got Rich and Why Poor Countries Stay Poor
6.  How Rich Countries Got Rich and Why Poor Countries Stay Poor by Erik S. Reinert
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  "Why developing countries must be allowed to protect their markets."
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IOU: The Debt Threat and Why We Must Defuse It
7.  IOU: The Debt Threat and Why We Must Defuse It by Noreena Hertz
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  "Getting to grips with the debt issue."
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Globalization and Its Discontents
8.  Globalization and Its Discontents by Joseph Stiglitz
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  "Stiglitz's explosive insider's critique of the Washington institutions."
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Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits
9.  Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits by C.K. Prahalad
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  "Serving the poor can still be profitable."
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Development as Freedom
10.  Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen
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  "Most development focuses on economics - what if we consider freedom to be the chief aim of development?"
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