Inspir­ing Words — On my bookshelf

Inter­na­tional Devel­op­ment: His­tory, poverty alle­vi­a­tion and innovation

The Bot­tom Bil­lion: Why the Poor­est Coun­tries are Fail­ing and What Can Be Done About It — Paul Collier

The End of Poverty: Eco­nomic Pos­si­bil­i­ties for Our Time — Jef­frey D. Sachs

Com­mon Wealth: Eco­nom­ics for a Crowded Planet — Jef­frey D. Sachs

Mak­ing Glob­al­iza­tion Work — Joseph E. Stiglitz

The Mys­tery of Cap­i­tal: Why Cap­i­tal­ism Tri­umphs in the West and Fails Every­where Else — Her­nando de Soto

The White Man’s Bur­den: Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Lit­tle Good — Williams Rus­sell Easterly

Giv­ing: How Each of us Can Change the Word — Bill Clin­ton

Banker to the Poor: Micro-lending and the bat­tle against world poverty — Muham­mad Yunus

The Blue Sweater — Jacque­line Novogratz

Dead Aid — Dambisa Moyo

Shake Hands with the Devil: The fail­ure of human­ity in Rwanda — Romeo Dal­laire with Major Brent Beardsley

Half the Sky: Turn­ing Oppres­sion into Oppor­tu­nity for Women World­wide — Nicholas D. Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn

Busi­ness and Leadership

Good to Great: Why Some Com­pa­nies Make the Leap…and Oth­ers Don’t — Jim Collins

Wiki­nomics: How Mass Col­lab­o­ra­tion Changes Every­thing — Don Tap­scott & Anthony D. Williams

Switch — Chip & Dan Heath

Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Sur­vive and Oth­ers Die — Chip & Dan Heath

Free: The Future of a rad­i­cal price — Chris Anderson

Rework — Jason Fried & David Heine­meier Hansson

The 4-hour Work Week - Tim Ferris

Blink/Tipping Point/Outliers/What the Dog Saw - Mal­colm Gladwell

Great Works on Cul­ture and Society

Things Fall Apart — Chinua Achebe

To Kill A Mock­ing­bird — Lee Harper

The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald

Heart of Dark­ness — Joseph Conrad

Eat, Pray, Love — Eliz­a­beth Gilbert

Atlas Shrugged — Ayn Rand

The Alchemist — Paulo Choelho