Recommended Reading

Websites:

Poverty:

The Chronic Poverty Research Centre is an international partnership of universities, research institutes and NGOs which exists:

• to focus attention on chronic poverty
• to stimulate national and international debate
• to deepen understanding of the causes of chronic poverty
• to provide research, analysis and policy guidance that will contribute to its reduction.

http://www.chronicpoverty.org/

The UN Millennium Project was commissioned by the United Nations Secretary-General in 2002 to develop a concrete action plan for the world to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and to reverse the grinding poverty, hunger and disease affecting billions of people.

http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/

Microfinance:

The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), is a consortium of 33 public and private development agencies working together to expand poor people's access to financial services.

http://www.cgap.org/
http://www.microfinancegateway.org/section/faq

Books:

Poverty

Introduction to Microfinance

Microfinance--Technical Reading

Other

Poverty:

The Skeptic's Guide To Global Poverty
by Dale Hanson Bourke

No-nonsense Guide to World Poverty
by Jeremy Seabrook

The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time
by Jeffrey Sachs

Introduction to Microfinance:

Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty
by Muhammad Yunus

A Billion Bootstraps: Microcredit, Barefoot Banking, and The Business Solution for Ending Poverty
by Philip Smith, Eric Thurman

Microfinance--Technical Reading:

Access for All: Building Inclusive Financial Systems
by Brigit Helms

Microfinance Handbook: An Institutional and Financial Perspective (Sustainable Banking With the Poor) by Joanna Ledgerwood

The Economics of Microfinance
by Beatriz Armendáriz, Jonathan Morduch

Reducing Global Poverty: The Case for Asset Accumulation
by Caroline O. N. Moser

Other:

Our Day to End Poverty: 24 Ways You Can Make a Difference
by Shannon Daley-Harris, Jeffrey Keenan, Karen Speerstra

How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas
by David Bornstein

Less Is More: An Anthology of Ancient & Modern Voices Raised in Praise of Simplicity
by Goldian VandenBroeck (Editor)

Voluntary Simplicity, Revised Edition: Toward a Way of Life That Is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich
by Duane Elgin

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