Out of Poverty: What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail
Paul Polak
(San Francisco, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 2008)
Paul Polak, one of the founders of International Development Enterprises and a pioneer in the field of microfinance, reviews the successes of the poverty-eradication movement so far and charts the next steps forward....
Posted on July 17, 2008
We Make a Life by What We Give
Richard Gunderman
(Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, 2008)
Indiana University professor Richard Gunderman examines why we do good, how we do good, and the impact of our actions on the giver and the receiver....
Posted on July 10, 2008
Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism
Muhammad Yunus, Karl Weber
(New York, NY : Public Affairs, 2008)
Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus suggests that a repurposed capitalist model is the best engine to drive the elimination of poverty worldwide, and explains why such an effort is ripe to happen now....
Posted on June 27, 2008
Grassroots Philanthropy: Field Notes of a Maverick Grantmaker
Fred Setterberg, Bill Somerville
(Berkeley, CA : Heyday Books, 2008)
Based on his thirty years as a "maverick" in the profession, Bill Somerville offers a collaborative, grassroots-oriented model for effective grantmaking in the 21st century....
Posted on June 19, 2008
The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
Paul Collier
(New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2007)
Former World Bank economist Paul Collier examines the factors that keep the world's least developed countries trapped in destructive cycles of conflict and violence and contribute to the plight of the one billion poeple who survive on less than a dollar a day....
Posted on June 11, 2008
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