As a new academic year approaches in some parts of the world, many students will be digging out their reading lists to prepare for the studies ahead. If you’re a development student, let us know what’s on your list. And if you’re interested or work in the fields of development, aid and policy, share your suggestions on what students could benefit from reading.
Amartya Sen’s Development as Freedom is a popular addition to reading lists, along with Joseph Stiglitz’s Globalisation and its Discontents and Walter Rodney’s How Europe Underdeveloped Africa. Tim Allen and Alan Thomas’s Poverty and Development into the 21st century is also a staple.
Last year’s reading list compiled by readers included The Tyranny of Experts by William Easterly and Unbowed by Wangari Maathai.
On Twitter we asked for your recommendations. Here are some of the suggestions so far:
@GdnDevelopment Aid on the Edge of Chaos by @benramalingam + Why Nations Fail by @DrDaronAcemoglu & James Robinson.
— Dave Algoso (@dalgoso) August 25, 2015
@GdnDevelopment The Bottom Billion by Paul Collier!
— Nancy Colombe (@NancyColombe) August 25, 2015
@GdnDevelopment "The Rise of the Reluctant Innovator" @Kiwanja & "Distant Witness" by @acarvin & "resilience" by @andrew_zolli #globaldev
— Heather LaGarde (@HeatherLaGarde) August 25, 2015
Poor economics. Great starting point. @GdnDevelopment
— Jessica Mackenzie (@JessicaM_London) August 26, 2015
Whether they are development classics or recent releases, share your book suggestions in the comment thread below.
